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AndrewWatt2000@a... wrote:
> Perhaps you are confusing the notion of being certain (or do I mean
> confident?) of the origin of a page with the notion of trusting the
> content.
But knowing the origin of the page is useful in deciding whether to
trust the content:
if (know_origin)
{
if (trust_origin) // personal decision, not machine decision
trust = true;
else
trust = false;
}
else
trust = false;
> It illustrates the more general point that knowing the origin of
> content is of limited value in knowing whether the content can be
> trusted or not.
Really? I always consider the source of information when trying to
decide if I believe that information. Of course, as a general rule,
anything on the Web gets a high untrustworthiness rating simply because
it is on the Web...
-- Ron
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