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Re: on the nature of trust

To: spki@c2.net
Subject: Re: on the nature of trust
From: Marc Branchaud <marcnarc@xcert.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 14:25:46 -0800
Organization: Xcert Software Inc.
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Simon Spero wrote:
> 
> Hmm - what about if we factor in the percieved value of trusting someone
> for a specific purpose; we then trust someone for some purpose if the
> probability of the their actually being trustworthy times the value of
> trusting is greater than the probability of their not being trustworthy
> times the cost of misplaced trust.

A good formula, but I wonder if obtaining those perceived trust values will be
easy enough to be practical.

		Marc

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