In the traditional sense, 'trust' meant that you could take someone's word for something. But 'trust' is being abused, in the sense of 'trusted computing', which for the consumer is anything but, and from the perspective of the vendor, signifies that you don't, in fact, trust the user at all.

submitted by Stephen Downes

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