Python function terminated unexpectedly... - Page 3

AnotherCat · 12-10-2017, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Kindle3w_Pdfs

@AnotherCat: I see no reason to suspect Comodo of misbehaving...

...Regarding confidence that Calibre will never contain malware or spyware because of people's experience that it has never contained malware or spyware in the past, I prefer not to trust unnecessarily. I never rely on antivirus' and firewall's whitelists or default settings, for example. Remember, developers who've been good for many years could be subject to bribery or blackmail at any time. Evil developers could cleverly behave well for many years if they're playing a long con, to develop a large user base before beginning any attacks.

It would seem to me that the risk of testing Calibre with Comodo taken out of the picture is near infinitesimal.

But my experience is that people who have the unhealthily distrustful and conspiracy laden attitude to others that you seem to now be expressing, are beyond help. So I'll leave you to YOUR problem.

Kindle3w_Pdfs · 12-10-2017, 07:20 PM

@BetterRed: In case you're still curious, most of my installed Pythons are in subdirectories of apps that bundled them, and the other two were dependencies that weren't bundled with the apps that needed them. Regarding being "close to libelous" I was speaking in general about reasons not to trust any developers. It wasn't a comment about Kovad in particular. Since I have no personal knowledge about Kovad, I have no reason to distrust him (except for his advice not to use antivirus software). But I also have no reason to trust him. Calling me paranoid would be more accurate than calling me libelous... a single malicious developer out of a thousand good ones can ruin one's day. I also don't trust developers of antivirus software, but am betting I'll be better off with antivirus than without it.

Kindle3w_Pdfs · 12-10-2017, 07:34 PM

@BetterRed: "Conspiracy laden?" If you meant the logical possibility that a (financially struggling) developer could be bribed, that was only one among several non-conspiratorial reasons not to be so trusting. You seem to be taking the unusual and extreme position that everyone should be trusted. If that's not your position, then where do you draw the line about who to trust? Where do you draw the line between healthy distrust and unhealthy distrust?

theducks · 12-10-2017, 08:18 PM

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12-10-2017, 07:20 PM	#32
Kindle3w_Pdfs Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: kindle 3 wifi	@BetterRed: In case you're still curious, most of my installed Pythons are in subdirectories of apps that bundled them, and the other two were dependencies that weren't bundled with the apps that needed them. Regarding being "close to libelous" I was speaking in general about reasons not to trust any developers. It wasn't a comment about Kovad in particular. Since I have no personal knowledge about Kovad, I have no reason to distrust him (except for his advice not to use antivirus software). But I also have no reason to trust him. Calling me paranoid would be more accurate than calling me libelous... a single malicious developer out of a thousand good ones can ruin one's day. I also don't trust developers of antivirus software, but am betting I'll be better off with antivirus than without it.

12-10-2017, 07:34 PM	#33
Kindle3w_Pdfs Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: kindle 3 wifi	@BetterRed: "Conspiracy laden?" If you meant the logical possibility that a (financially struggling) developer could be bribed, that was only one among several non-conspiratorial reasons not to be so trusting. You seem to be taking the unusual and extreme position that everyone should be trusted. If that's not your position, then where do you draw the line about who to trust? Where do you draw the line between healthy distrust and unhealthy distrust?

12-10-2017, 08:18 PM	#34
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