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by flatroze 2494 days ago
It's a valid question. It seems to me users tend to trust things which have certain level of popularity and reputation associated with them.

I personally prefer to hope for the worst. This way when nothing happens I feel extra lucky, and if bad things do happen, I feel proud of being ready for it.

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I don't. In the age old debate between security and convince I sometimes want the latter and willing to ease on the former. To me being prepared for the worst is not fun. I use reputation of the software creator to manage my risks.
That could be said about nearly everything that you do.