Who to trust?

On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 4:31 AM, Nicolas Mailhot 
<nicolas.mailhot@laposte.net <mailto:nicolas.mailhot@laposte.net>> wrote:
>
>     >From a user point of view a clearly identified local operator
>     they can
>     easily reach physically and which operates on local laws will often be
>     more trustable than a random difficult-to identify site on the
>     other side
>     of the world (that, as shown again and again, will decline any
>     obligation
>     under local laws when put to trial).
>

IMHO, care should be taken when generalizing who to trust. I've seen 
studies indicating large variations between regions and countries. 
Regretfully, the studies are not publicly available. The data doesn't 
clarify the reasons for variations but it's easy to come up with 
explanations. So although citizens in Canada trusts their ISP more than 
your-favorite-browsing-vendor, citizens of North-Korea may have a 
different point of view.

There's also large individual variations.

A challenge with the "trusted proxy" is that if I don't trust my ISP and 
this is an enforced policy, I'm out of options. If I don't trust a 
specific browser-vendor, I have many options.

Frode Kileng