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by mynameisvlad 1492 days ago
That extends to pointing out that trust is required. When it's the default state of things, what use is pointing it out going to bring?

I made an obvious point because it's strange to bring up that something on the internet requires trust. Because of course it does.
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Dylan16807 1492 days ago
It's the difference between trusting some math that's used by a hundred million sites versus trusting math that one particular company claims is safe.

It's not strange at all to distinguish between those kinds of trust.

When I use TLS 1.3, I'm not relying on "trust us" from the inventor and a couple investigators, I'm relying on heavy worldwide scrutiny.

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robonerd 1492 days ago
> When it's the default state of things, what use is pointing it out going to bring?

I believe that appeals to math can obscure the role of trust. This is demonstrated by the formation of an industry of scammers exploiting the phenomena. Millions of people don't understand cryptocurrencies but buy in anyway, confidence bolstered by their lionization (but not comprehension) of math.

I think it's an illusion worth drawing attention to.

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