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Comment by skullum

How can they be orthogonal when eventually you need open software of some kind to make a verification?

If the software I use to verify the closed source software is closed, then I will need another piece of software to verify that the verify-ing software is what it says it is and so on until we reach a piece of software that I can verify with my own eyes (or a friend has verified with their eyes).

We all eventually have to place our trust somewhere but we shouldn't have to agree with where you decided to trust.

parent skullum 8 years ago

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