Re:Deleting the golang subreddit
by sheepmullet on Saturday November 26, 2016 @10:48PM
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> Your mailman can read your mail and steal your packages
Exactly.
If my mailman edited one of my letters he would be instantly fired and hopefully prosecuted.
> Your mailman can read your mail and steal your packages. Your bank can steal your money. Your waiter can poison you. Your car mechanic can overcharge you.
And then they could end up prosecuted and/or loose their jobs, will any of it happen to Reddits CEO?
I see this kind of reductionism to what's "technically possible" a lot around here in regards to security and user trust. Let's go back to meatspace to get a more balanced perspective perhaps. Your mailman can read your mail and steal your packages. Your bank can steal your money. Your waiter can poison you. Your car mechanic can overcharge you.
It's not about what's "technically possible" (though a solution to make it technically impossible would be useful). It's about TRUST in another human being who is in a position of power. Trust is built by having a long record of good behavior and can be destroyed by a single bad action.