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minus-squarepmk@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 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 Doctor@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 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.