Ian Malone <ibmalone@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 10 July 2014 09:49, lee <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Ian Malone <ibmalone@xxxxxxxxx> writes: >> >>>> On 10 July 2014 01:10, lee <lee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>> You trust computers too much. >>>> >>> >>> No, I'm pragmatic in what can be trusted. If key components of your >>> system are compromised then what are you protecting and what are you >>> protecting from? Misdirected paranoia is pointless. >> >> A computer doesn't need to be compromised to not work correctly or not >> as expected. >> > > The same can be said of manually mounting things every time. As in "A human doesn't need to be compromised ..."? :) > The difference is that computers are good at automating things > reliably, people are not. I don't calculate all my hashes by hand > either. The kind of reliability you're referring to is like a two-edged sword. Computers are subject to all kinds of failures, plus human errors, and they lack human intelligence. That puts computers at a big disadvantage, and when a computer does something wrong, it's somewhat likely to be doing it wrong all the time. -- Fedora release 20 (Heisenbug) -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
