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by qczfawlvcgt 3847 days ago
I don't, but if I am in doubt, I can replace the disk. The alternative is worse - I have to replace the whole system. It is fascinating to watch such subtle abuses of language ploddingly erode our free(ish) societies from the inside out, when secure is obviously "newspeak" for centralized. Even technologically-literate people are clearly willing to buy the logic that "well, you might get an STD by having sex... therefore, let this small group of condom manufactures move in and have sex with your wife, in your place, for your protection."

We can't outsource confidence. It doesn't help improve my self-esteem to watch someone else live my life, and it doesn't work to fight "the terrorists" to let someone else make me safe (for some definition of "safe", that I can seemingly no longer contribute to) - but that all seems to be beside the point. :(