Hacker News with Generative AI: Trust

A new form of verification on Bluesky (bsky.social)
Trust is everything. Social media has connected us in powerful ways, but it hasn’t always given us the tools to know who we’re interacting with or why we should trust them.
Social Media, Verification, Trust
383 points by ink_13 5 days ago | 295 comments
Deafening Silence from the Cybersecurity Industry (forbes.com)
In the world of cybersecurity, where truth is paramount and trust is everything, silence can be louder than an alarm.
Cybersecurity, Silence, Trust
333 points by rbanffy 8 days ago | 254 comments
Political beliefs affect patients' trust in doctors, study finds (news.uoregon.edu)
Politics, Health, Science, Medicine, Trust
27 points by geox 12 days ago | 90 comments
Trustworthy AI Without Trusted Data (epfl.ch)
EPFL researchers developed a ground-breaking new tool to help build safer AI.
Artificial Intelligence, Trust, Data, Research
21 points by gnabgib 16 days ago | 6 comments
Most Americans don't trust AI – or the people in charge of it (theverge.com)
AI experts are feeling pretty good about the future of their field. Most Americans are not.
Artificial Intelligence, Public Opinion, Technology, Trust
14 points by saikatsg 18 days ago | 4 comments
Running the "Reflections on Trusting Trust" Compiler (swtch.com)
Supply chain security is a hot topic today, but it is a very old problem.
Compiler, Security, Trust
10 points by udev4096 19 days ago | 0 comments
Managing People You Can't Fire (staysaasy.com)
One of the worst situations in management is needing to fire someone and getting blocked. This happens somewhat regularly and is one of the most trust-breaking experiences between a manager and their boss. Let’s talk about why it happens and how to right-size the situation
Management, Human Resources, Workplace Dynamics, Trust
13 points by kiyanwang 28 days ago | 4 comments
Gen Z on why they stopped trusting experts in favor of influencers on TikTok (fortune.com)
Gen Z teens tell us why they stopped trusting experts in favor of influencers on TikTok
Gen Z, Social Media, Trust, Influencers, TikTok
8 points by speckx 31 days ago | 2 comments
The misinformation crisis isn’t about truth, it’s about trust (eternallyradicalidea.com)
The misinformation crisis isn’t about truth, it’s about trust.
Misinformation, Trust, Social Media, Journalism
6 points by paulpauper 33 days ago | 0 comments
Exposing the LLM Code Trust Gap in AI IDEs (loom.com)
Loom is running a bit slower than usual.
Artificial Intelligence, Software, Programming, Trust
5 points by coderinsan 33 days ago | 0 comments
Ask HN: I feel I can no longer trust my gut (ycombinator.com)
Decision Making, Trust, Intuition
14 points by mertleee 34 days ago | 4 comments
How to distrust a CA without any certificate errors (dadrian.io)
A “distrust” is when a certification authority (CA) that issues HTTPS certificates to websites is removed from a root store because it is no longer trusted to issue certificates.
Security, HTTPS, Cybersecurity, Digital Certificates, Trust
173 points by tptacek 50 days ago | 93 comments
The Press Falls to Another Record Low in Public Trust (jonathanturley.org)
We have previously discussed polling showing the media at record lows in public trust. Well, the latest survey from Gallup shows that the media hit another all-time low.
Media, Public Opinion, Journalism, Trust
19 points by delichon 56 days ago | 27 comments
Ask HN: Crucial question about trust in open source apps (ycombinator.com)
Open Source, Software, Trust, Community
4 points by musfk 59 days ago | 6 comments
Science needs reason to be trusted (2017) (nature.com)
That we now live in the grip of post-factualism would seem naturally repellent to most physicists. But in championing theory without demanding empirical evidence, we're guilty of ignoring the facts ourselves.
Science, Trust, Scientific Method
9 points by waonderer 69 days ago | 4 comments
Federal workers say they increasingly distrust platforms like Facebook (theverge.com)
Federal workers say platforms they once used to communicate with their coworkers and friends increasingly feel insecure.
Social Media, Privacy, Government, Technology, Trust
68 points by isaacfrond 72 days ago | 84 comments
Why young parents should focus on building trust with their kids (desunit.com)
Today, when my 1.9-year-old daughter tried to grab and eat an unwashed orange, I asked her to give it to me so I could wash and peel it if she could wait for a moment. She did. It got me thinking about the marshmallow experiment, where the idea was that patience equals success. But … it wasn’t the whole story.
Parenting, Trust, Child Development
542 points by desunit 72 days ago | 407 comments
Majority of US teens have lost trust in Big Tech (techcrunch.com)
American teens have lost their faith in Big Tech, according to a new report from Common Sense Media, a nonprofit offering reviews and ratings for media and technology, which more recently includes AI products.
Trust, Social Media, Teens, Big Tech, United States
207 points by Tomte 86 days ago | 370 comments
Can we get the benefits of transitive dependencies without undermining security? (tratt.net)
One of life’s great pleasures is trust: having confidence in another person to do the right thing warms the hearts of both parties.
Security, Software Development, Trust
85 points by ltratt 88 days ago | 87 comments
Sigstore: Making sure your software is what it claims to be (sigstore.dev)
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Software Security, Code Signing, Open Source, Trust, Digital Signatures
119 points by saikatsg 95 days ago | 45 comments
Trusting clients is probably a security flaw (liberda.nl)
If your service needs to trust the clients, hold my Big Mac
Security, Trust, Software, Cybersecurity
191 points by aquastorm 99 days ago | 142 comments
Is GitHub a trustworthy keeper of our code? (thetechenabler.substack.com)
Before Github became the default, there were many competitors on equal-ish footing.
Software, Security, Trust, Code Hosting
8 points by ingve 112 days ago | 0 comments
Why it's hard to trust software, but you mostly have to anyway (educatedguesswork.org)
My long-time collaborator Richard Barnes[1] used to say that "in security, trust is a four letter word", and yet the dominant experience of using any software-based system—which is, you know, pretty much anything electronic—is trusting the manufacturer.
Software, Security, Trust
119 points by ekr____ 118 days ago | 128 comments
Google, the search engine that's forgotten how to search (semking.com)
If you work in the SEO industry, you may be blinded by the lights. The noise can be deafening. You may trust most of Google’s official statements. Many in the search community blindly believe Google but I’m glad not everyone does.
Search Engines, SEO, Google, Trust
80 points by semking 129 days ago | 134 comments
Trustworthiness in the Age of AI (jfkirk.github.io)
It probably feels liberating to be a little bit wrong, all of the time.
Artificial Intelligence, Trust, Ethics
15 points by rm999 137 days ago | 0 comments
Trust no one: why we can't trust most stats about the cybersecurity industry (ventureinsecurity.net)
There is a problem in cybersecurity: solid industry analysis is hard to come by.
Cybersecurity, Data Analysis, Statistics, Trust
27 points by speckx 164 days ago | 6 comments
Ask HN: Is it burnout or something else, and how can I recover? (ycombinator.com)
Lately, I've been struggling with work, enough that it's caused relatively minor medical issues, and I can't figure out if it's a burnout spiral or eroded trust in the company after a few rounds of layoffs and stress from poor execution an AI marathon.
Burnout, Work, Mental Health, Trust, Company Culture
18 points by modestcaptain64 167 days ago | 9 comments
Blockchain-Backed Click App Reinvents Trust in Photojournalism (petapixel.com)
In a digital age when the line between truth and authenticity often blurs, the Click camera app brings a powerful tool to verify the reality behind images.
Blockchain, Photojournalism, Trust, Technology, Photography
8 points by giuliomagnifico 171 days ago | 4 comments
Voting machine companies are fighting the next disinformation war (theverge.com)
Smartmatic and Dominion are trying to debunk false stories and rebuild trust — but that’s a tall order in 2024.
Election Integrity, Disinformation, Technology, Politics, Trust
14 points by rntn 175 days ago | 2 comments
Ibis: Federated Wikipedia alternative (ibis.wiki)
Wikipedia is the most popular online encyclopedia, and millions of people rely on it every day to provide trustworthy information on a wide variety of topics. It is not well known but there have been numerous scandals which put this trust into question.
Wikipedia, Online Encyclopedia, Alternative, Decentralization, Trust
209 points by mostcallmeyt 181 days ago | 149 comments