Re: [libreplanet-discuss] SaaSS

[Alexander Berntsen]

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On 24/10/15 20:42, Mike Gerwitz wrote:
> I think that you might be talking about the risk of tricking users
>  by obfuscating or writing intentionally deceptive code
I'm not.

> [SaaSS is...]
I know what SaaSS is.

> By using SaaSS, you relinquish all control to the server.  This is 
> incompatible with freedom.
The point I am making is that we can make this false. You just don't
have enough imagination or faith in computer science research.


For what it's worth I find your argument unconvincing anyway, as you
have the chicken and egg problem with compilers, and almost everyone
is using non-free non-documented hardware. And even free hardware with
free documentation could trick you. Unless you make literally
everything yourself, and interface with nothing, you may be tricked by
your computer.

We are mitigating this e.g. with free software. I believe we can
mitigate it further with cryptography and sophisticated type systems.
There is programming languages theory research going into this right now.
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Alexander
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