On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 6:54 AM, Phillip Hallam-Baker <hallam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 8:03 PM, Masataka Ohta <mohta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Phillip Hallam-Baker wrote:Open source helps a lot.
> The four most widely used browsers are all produced by US companies.
Not unless you compile your browser from source and verify the source each time you compile. They have demonstrated an ability to hide compromise pretty well.
How much can you trust your compiler. Ken Kernighan has a good essay on this -> http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html
-- Vinayak