I&#x27;m glad you care so much, but I don&#x27;t think you can fix a culture issue by explaining it away. The best way to set a culture where there hasn&#x27;t been one before, is to lead by example.<p>Re: side note; the vulnerability described in the well-known Ken Thompson paper has been exploited just once in the wild. It&#x27;s cool, but you could say the same thing about trusting Windows or proprietary drivers or hardware.