Re:Chrome's Plan to Distrust Symantec Certificates
by cortesoft on Monday September 11, 2017 @04:43PM
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Isn't 'removing existing trust' the same as 'distrust'? The word 'distrust' in no way implies that you have NEVER trusted them.
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Re:Chrome's Plan to Distrust Symantec Certificates
by dllthomas on Tuesday September 12, 2017 @11:11AM
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"Distrust" doesn't imply that you have never trusted them, but it does allow for you never having trusted them, and so communicates less.
Re:Chrome's Plan to Distrust Symantec Certificates
by lomnakkus on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @07:17AM
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Generally, yes if it's without context, but "Plan to Distrust" or "Going To Distrust" (and similar) certainly implies that there previously was some level of trust. I mean if you had no trust to begin with, why would you even say it that way (or say it at all)?
Re:Chrome's Plan to Distrust Symantec Certificates
by dllthomas on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @10:21AM
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As pointed out elsewhere, statements of future distrust admit the possibility that there wasn't yet opportunity to trust or distrust. For instance, if Symantec had never produced certificates and announced that they were going to, and Google announced "when they do, we won't trust them".