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> Can we actually know this? > Can you ever actually prove a negative? Does that mean that you agree that we can't know the extent to which things have been exposed? Cause that's part of my point. Of course you can flip that around and say well you can't prove that nobody compromised your local machine, but one of those things is open to attack from many orders of magnitude more attackers by virtue of being on the op…
You're just being obstinate and not even addressing the points I brought up— just vaguely poking at the premises. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell%27s_teapot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man I have better things to do.
Russell's teapot is a new one to me. It seems you're position (correct me if I've misunderstood, or don't since you don't seem interested in the conversation anymore) that since we don't have definitive proof that we can't trust these third parties, it's wrong to distrust them. I'm too paranoid to buy that. If I can't verify, then I don't trust. Good luck with your better things.