> We've really done one over on ourselves by adopting the mental model that only a vertically integrated corp can deliver privacy and security to users.
Who is saying that? Certainly nobody anywhere in this HN thread. It is, however, fair to say that the only guarantor of privacy and security is a network of trust. There are plenty of examples where trust is partially decentralised, the most notable being the system of certificates used for establishing trust in HTTP over TLS.
Who is saying that? Certainly nobody anywhere in this HN thread. It is, however, fair to say that the only guarantor of privacy and security is a network of trust. There are plenty of examples where trust is partially decentralised, the most notable being the system of certificates used for establishing trust in HTTP over TLS.