thanks for your efforts!
Since many of those tools get rebuild using web technology[1], it seems plausible to me to add something like "trustability (of the source code)". Meaning eg: Is there a reliable way to check the integrity of the source code? Any kind of warrantor? Is there a reliable history of all changes?
That is a field we can work on and I see some innovation:
*For websites*
https://github.com/substack/hyperboot
*For browser extensions*
Search for "auditable static versions" in:
Viele Gruesse,
Per
[1]: Eg. with small tech explorations like mine:
Or with professional solutions like Firefox Hello.
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In another exchange leaked [...], Zuckerberg explained to a friend that his control of Facebook gave him access to any information he wanted [...]:
ZUCK: yea so if you ever need info about anyone at harvard
ZUCK: just ask
ZUCK: i have over 4000 emails, pictures, addresses, sns
FRIEND: what!? how’d you manage that one?
ZUCK: people just submitted it
ZUCK: i don’t know why
ZUCK: they “trust me”
ZUCK: dumb fucks
- http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2010/09/20/the-face-of-facebook