Comment by JumpCrisscross
Comment by JumpCrisscross 3 days ago
> Unless you can be fooled into trusting a fake endorser
Wouldn’t most people subscribe to a default set of trusted citers?
Comment by JumpCrisscross 3 days ago
> Unless you can be fooled into trusting a fake endorser
Wouldn’t most people subscribe to a default set of trusted citers?
> there has to be somebody who decides what the default is
Sure. This happens with ad blockers, for example. I imagine Elsevier or Wikipedia would wind up creating these lists. And then you’d have the same incentives as you have now for fooling that authority.
> or people just don't care very much
This is my hypothesis. If you’re an expert, you have your web of trust. If you’re not, it isn’t that hard to start from a source of repute.
If there's a default (I don't think there necessarily has to be one) there has to be somebody who decides what the default is. If most people trust them, that person is either very trustworthy or people just don't care very much.