Joshua Dean, one of the first whistleblowers to allege Spirit AeroSystems execs had ignored manufacturing defects on the 737 MAX, died after a sudden illness.
In computer science, wouldn’t that be like proprietary software only being auditable by cherry picked 3rd parties? In this case I should also need to trust the auditor.
In contrast, in FOSS software, all code is open to the public and can be audited publicly.
Edit2: I value privacy, that’s why I use Linux and Librewolf. I just don’t understand how that translate to this case.
As I now understand how my original post was conveying a different message from what I intended to ask, I copy it below:
Would you trust an anonymous source ?
Downvotes to an honest question. I should take a break from internet.
In cases like this where anonymity is likely necessary to divulge crucial information and survive? Absolutely. You sound like you have no idea how journalism in general and confidential sources in particular works.
Downvotes to an honest question
Honest question, my ass! It was obviously a rhetorical question meant to imply that anonymous sources are inherently not trustworthy.
I’d say we could trust the police to verify but yeah… I’d trust an anon source verified by AP more than the local police in most areas by a fucking mile.
Obviously it depends on the quality of the information, doesn’t it
like if it’s some rando just bullshitting, that’s gonna be obvious
if he’s dropping insider secrets or sounding authoritative, that requires investigation
but we’re a bit past all that right
Like you are aware of the wider context of what often happens to whistleblowers, time and again, … like you’re not just in here shooting your mouth off right, you know something about it when you deign to ask such a glib question? Or have you done none of your homework and just wanted to bless us with the annoying noise you made?
Edit: Why should I trust an anonymous source?
Explanation to my doubt:
In computer science, wouldn’t that be like proprietary software only being auditable by cherry picked 3rd parties? In this case I should also need to trust the auditor.
In contrast, in FOSS software, all code is open to the public and can be audited publicly.
Edit2: I value privacy, that’s why I use Linux and Librewolf. I just don’t understand how that translate to this case.
As I now understand how my original post was conveying a different message from what I intended to ask, I copy it below:
I don’t care who it is, they give the information, then authorities verify it. If it comes up verified, there you go.
Sometimes you can’t verify things though
Then it still doesn’t matter. If an identified source gives information that isn’t verifiable, it’s still not actionable.
Look! Another Boeing fell from the sky!
-verified
another boeing went boing boing
… there’s an awful song in there somewhere
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cmon honky what are we talking about, what is the current subject
that’s right, they killed the guy who could verify the stuff
like fn work with us here, geez ;)
In cases like this where anonymity is likely necessary to divulge crucial information and survive? Absolutely. You sound like you have no idea how journalism in general and confidential sources in particular works.
Honest question, my ass! It was obviously a rhetorical question meant to imply that anonymous sources are inherently not trustworthy.
This made me realize the message I was transmitting. I edited my post in hope I can better express my question. Sorry for writing like a moron.
This isn’t an allegation floating in the ether. Specific allegations can be investigated, usually pretty objectively.
I’d say we could trust the police to verify but yeah… I’d trust an anon source verified by AP more than the local police in most areas by a fucking mile.
A lot of people believe everything they read on Facebook so…
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Obviously it depends on the quality of the information, doesn’t it
like if it’s some rando just bullshitting, that’s gonna be obvious
if he’s dropping insider secrets or sounding authoritative, that requires investigation
but we’re a bit past all that right
Like you are aware of the wider context of what often happens to whistleblowers, time and again, … like you’re not just in here shooting your mouth off right, you know something about it when you deign to ask such a glib question? Or have you done none of your homework and just wanted to bless us with the annoying noise you made?