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by tgsovlerkhgsel 1978 days ago
> we trusted Moxie Marlinspike mostly because of his dreadlocks and some conference appearances.

Not because experts had reviewed the design and found it good? (Serious question, I don't know what the exact timeline looked like, i.e. when people were trusting the apps vs. when reviews became public)