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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•8 months agoKen Thompson talked about this back in 1984, his talk/article “Reflections on trusting trust” is a short but scary read. https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_ReflectionsonTrustingTrust.pdf In the end, what can we trust?
minus-squareThe DoctorlinkfedilinkEnglish3•8 months agoUltimately, nothing, unless you built everything yourself from scratch, just about from the silicon up. Everything is risk management.
Ken Thompson talked about this back in 1984, his talk/article “Reflections on trusting trust” is a short but scary read.
https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_ReflectionsonTrustingTrust.pdf
In the end, what can we trust?
Ultimately, nothing, unless you built everything yourself from scratch, just about from the silicon up.
Everything is risk management.