 What is a "trusted computer"?
COMPLEXITY AND HUMANITY We have all seen the images. Volunteers pitching in. People working day and night; coming up with the most ingenious, improvised solutions to everything from food and shelter to communications and security. Working together; patching up the fabric that is rent. Disaster, natural or otherwise, is a breakdown of systems. For a time, chaos reigns. For a time, what will happen in the next five minutes, five hours, and five days is unknown. All we have to rely on are our wits, fortitude, and common humanity Contemporary life is not chaotic, in the colloquial sense we apply to disaster zones.
 A computer that will not run a program without authorization from some other locus, such as a copyright owner.
 A computer system that implements the belief that machines are trustworthy, while human users are malevolent and or incompetent.  A computer system that is well-designed and tightly bound.  A computer that will not run a program without authorization from some other locus, such as a copyright owner.  A computer system where human beings are located and can make decisions about what is worthwhile.