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b_e_n_t_o_nlast Monday at 7:34 PM1 replyview on HN

We trust a lot of organizations to not do illegal things to us. It's not really any different with Apple. You're trusting that the computer you're using to post your comment doesn't have a hardware back door in it. Except I'd argue that the incentives for Apple to do this are less than they would be for other companies. Not blind faith.


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const_castlast Tuesday at 1:14 PM

No, it's blind faith. Trust is a synonym for faith. If it makes you feel better, you can say blind trust, I'm okay with that.

And you're correct there's a lot of shit I must blindly trust, too. That's bad. That's not a refutation of my point, you're actually reinforcing it.

We've forced ourselves into a situation where blind faith in moral actions is required to function in society. That is ripe for abuse. Which is probably why we see it abused every day.