[voidUpdate]

When I'm told that "I can trust" something that I feel like I had no reason to distrust, it makes me feel even more suspicious of it

[Q-Q3]

Hi there! I believe the mention of "trust" is related to the paper Reflections on Trusting Trust by Ken Thompson https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_Ref... Though I do think the tagline used could definitely be improved from a marketing standpoint.

[tzot]

Perhaps you're old enough to remember the Sledge's[1] motto: “Trust me… I know what I'm doing.” HHBS Perusing the pnut site I did not understand either why this is software I can trust.

[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090525/

[throwaway2037]

Yeah, I cringed when I saw that too. It violates an important rule of selling: Never tell the customer "Trust me".

[leni536]

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2008-09-15