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		nommm-nommm on March 22, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Sellers printing counterfeit books and selling und... "trusted third party" Who can guarantee the third party is either trusted or impartial?

parametrek on March 22, 2017 [–]

> guarantee

Of course that is not possible. At best you can grade someone's past behavior according to a set of criteria. Though in this case most of https://reddit.com/r/flashlight/ would probably say that I am trustworthy and impartial ^_^

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