On 31/03/14 16:54, Nicolas Hernandez wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Matthew Toseland <t...@amphibian.dyndns.org
>> wrote:
>> On 31/03/14 14:56, Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> misaakidis wants to add default values to visibility and trust for
>>> friends, so we now have to take a decision.
>>>
>>> Which do you think is the most appropriate option for each one:
>>>
>>> trust:
>>>
>>> - HIGH
>>> - NORMAL
>>> - LOW
>>>
>>> visibility (keep in mind that we need this for FOAF!):
>>>
>>> - YES
>>> - NAME-ONLY
>>> - NO
>>>
>>> As identified at CTS4, it is *our* job to define the default value for
>>> that, because new users have no chance of understanding the
>>> implications of taking either choice.
>> It is? How are we supposed to know the risk tolerance / risk profile of
>> every single user?
>>
>>
> Sure not, IMHO we could choose LOW and NO by default as the worst case.
Except that that would sabotage performance and force wider usage of
opennet. In general your friends - even your coworkers, distant cousins
and vague acquaintances - are more trustworthy than your opennet peers.
Because...

"On darknet you choose your friends. On opennet the bad guys choose you."

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