[palant]

Unfortunately, that’s only your word. The way this system is designed, nobody will notice if Amazon chooses to be less obsessive about it. Or if their systems are hacked. Are you certain that these web services are secure? I’m not (one obvious vulnerability has been reported). If someone compromises one of these services, the results will be disastrous.

Note: I am the author of the article above.

[mgdev]

Speaking for myself, not the co: we all decide who we want to trust and why, whether it’s browser extension, or a browser, or a phone.

For me, it comes down to alignment and value. Amazon stands to lose a lot if they decided to suddenly stop caring about customers, or not take security seriously. And the Internet gets pretty small if your threat model requires zero trust.