[cap-talk] Questions about Zooko's triangle

[Bill Frantz]

On 2/14/11 at 5:45 PM, david-sarah at jacaranda.org (David-Sarah 
Hopwood) wrote:

>On 2011-02-10 23:06, Karp, Alan H wrote:
>>I like the comment about not trusting the CAs that I trust, but I don't
>>think I'll use it in my response.  In a theoretical sense, it simply limits
>>the set of thing I can securely name when I'm talking to you.  In a
>>practical sense, it doesn't matter because everyone trusts Verisign.
>
>I don't trust Verisign, and I object to the assumption that I do.

I have a problem with the naked word "trust" in this discussion. 
I trust Verisign to apply some degree of diligence to keeping my 
credit card account from being misused due in an electronic 
commerce transaction. I also trust the various national security 
organizations around the world to provide the same assurance, if 
only to avoid reveling their powers and methods. The word 
"trust" without the following to ... doesn't mean much.

Cheers - Bill

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