[cap-talk] Define petname - back up a bit, down towording, recommendation?

[Karp, Alan H]

Jed Donnelley wrote:
> 
> Any suggestions for such a term other than "trust"?
> 
I prefer to turn it around and use the word "vulnerable".  "I am
vulnerable to this site misusing my credit card number."  "I am
vulnerable to this site disclosing my health records."  That's same as
saying that I trust them with that information but without the baggage
of using the word trust.

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Alan Karp
Principal Scientist
Virus Safe Computing Initiative
Hewlett-Packard Laboratories
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