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FiloSottileyesterday at 1:29 AM1 replyview on HN

The world just doesn’t work in such a binary way. Forming a mental model of an entity’s incentives, goals, capabilities, and dysfunctions will serve you much better than making two buckets for trusted parties and adversaries.


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cassonmarsyesterday at 1:32 AM

As you are someone building cryptographic libraries used by people all over the world, which includes those who might be seen as "enemies" by the organization in question, this is not a gradient — it's quite binary in nature.