Phil Pennock wrote:
> On 2008-10-16 at 12:19 -0700, Michael G Schwern wrote:
>> Read "Reflections on Trusting Trust" by Ken Thompson as he goes about ways a
>> malicious author could hide a trojan horse in seemingly innocent code.
>> http://www.c-program.com/kt/reflections-on-trusting.html
>>
>> Then reflect that he is one of the principle authors of Unix.
>
> What, you'd rather use an OS written by someone who didn't understand
> this?
Don't get me wrong, I deeply respect someone who can say with all honesty and
sincerity "I could destroy you all, but I won't" and deeply mistrust someone
who can, but pretends they can't.
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