> Those are all things which have no or very little relation to your life. So
trust or no trust - it really doesn't expose you to any risk. But when your
life is based on a computer which can be modified remotely by an evil expert
and so create a disaster for you - that is something entirely different. It
is like sleeping with a tiger in the room and trusting that it won't eat you.
Then let’s extend the metaphor to the immediately practical. I haven't seen
a poliovirus, but I trust getting a polio vaccine will help prevent me from
getting polio. Why? Because I have a basic scientific mindset and since
science is at its core communal I have trust in the scientific community.
(With all the necessary caveats) Similar concepts apply to free/libre
software community and its approach to security.
> I am not so sure. For the moment there have been only verbal confirmations
by only a few parties. We will see.
It is still pretty early in the process. But yes, certainly something to keep
an eye out on.
