[CompMan411]

And they shouldn’t. Do we all not serialize all data not only to prevent bugs but also because the source isn’t always that altruistic? “Tall fences make nice neighbors” is a nice analogy to say we need limits and boundaries in systems. If being bad is difficult you will be less inclined to invest effort in being bad. You can interpret that as mistrust but I call it boundaries and limits.

Also “this is why we can’t have nice things” is a fun way of saying there are bad actors in every group. You don’t know who they are. So you can give them carte blanche and watch it burn to the ground, or create systems to check, maintain and over all limit privileges and access. This isn’t so much as blatant mistrust for everyone so much as they don’t know everyone’s intent and a great way for a product to not go up in flames is to consider earned trust and security at the cost of some convenience