Ubuntu trojan horse or virus?

[Andrew Mathenge]

Dylan does make a good point though. About "trustworthiness." We
certainly trust Canonical and a host of amazing developers to make
sure that when we fire up the "update manager," check for updates and
then proceed to apply them that things won't start falling apart. For
most people, using software is an act of faith.

Andrew.

On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 3:43 PM, Dylan McCall<dylanmccall at gmail.com> wrote:
> My point, poorly assembled though it be (I blame the delete key) is
> that Canonical and the Ubuntu development community IS trustworthy. I
> don't like it when people try to suggest otherwise.
>
>
> Dylan
>
> On 7/22/09, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:
>> Oh, and I keep getting these e-mails with wonderful offers, requiring
>> only that I click the link in the message.
>>
>> It's a real pain to verify these messages, so I take it for granted that
>> these are trusted sources, and I just run them, unconcerned with what
>> they might do.  Such details seem irrelevant.
>>
>> --Bob.
>>
>>
>> mcr at simtone.net wrote:
>>>>>>>> "Dylan" == Dylan McCall <dylanmccall at gmail.com> writes:
>>>>>>>>
>>>     Dylan> to cope with a major allergy in my life, but I imagine it must
>>> be a real
>>>     Dylan> pain needing to study the ingredients for a piece of software
>>> before
>>>     Dylan> using it. I take for granted the ability to just download
>>> something from
>>>     Dylan> a trusted source and run it, unconcerned with how it was built
>>> (beyond
>>>     Dylan> mere curiosity) given that such details seem irrelevant.
>>>
>>>   Hey, dude.
>>>   I got a deal on a very large shipment of baby formula, I'm trying to
>>> unload it for cheap ("for you my friend, special deal") maybe you can
>>> help me, since you say you don't need to know what's in it.
>>>
>>>   I can't tell which flavour is which (so you'll have to open it and
>>> taste it, or maybe just pass the savings on), since I do not speak/read
>>> Cantonese.  Interested?
>>>
>>>   The shipment comes from a nation with "most favored trading status",
>>> so it's gotta be good.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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