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mlhpdx • today at 9:00 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

> All of them modern "we keep your content safe" players

But they weren’t and probably aren’t and won’t be. They just put forth an image as much as needed to sell.


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theK • today at 9:43 PM

Is this the point where most tech people accept that anything a closed source Software company says about security is effectively a "Trust me bro" as long as it is not backed up by independent verification?

We love to talk rubbish about finance bros but that industry has had independent auditing as part of its DNA for a century[1]

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarbanes%E2%80%93Oxley_Act