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by some_furry 1914 days ago
Who gets to decided who this "trusted entity" is?

For example, I don't want anyone to know my real name. I'm not up to any mischief (criminal or otherwise), I just want the separation of identities. There isn't a single entity on Earth that I'd feel safe delegating this knowledge with if I could avoid it.
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bluegate010 1914 days ago
It sounds like, unless someone is an owner or maintainer of a critical open-source project, the blog post isn't necessarily calling for that person's deanonymization. For projects that are both critical and owned/maintained by anonymous entities, I think it's reasonable for an organization to think twice before taking a dependency on such projects, given the sort of anonymous attacks mentioned in the article.

Disclaimer: opinions are my own, not my employer's (Google)

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some_furry 1914 days ago
> I think it's reasonable for an organization to think twice before taking a dependency on such projects, given the sort of anonymous attacks mentioned in the article.

I'd argue that "thinking twice" should be the standard bar for all open source dependencies, not a discrimination levied towards anonymous or pseudonymous developers.

(Though, to be fair, I doubt Google would ever use any of my code. I know your cryptographers; they don't need me to contribute lol.)

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