And even if we accept that trusted systems will define the online experience for most people, most of the time - and that they will accept and even benefit from that - there needs to be more.

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The Committee has raised technical questions regarding the effectiveness of Trusted Delivery Systems, but the Committee recommends continuing efforts to identify effective mitigation solutions.

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Remember that you may still be subjected to random screening procedures and enhanced security measures, just like our Trusted Traveler systems in the U.S. and Canada.

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By learning about the benefits from solar power systems from a trusted peer who faces many of the same local challenges (utility, construction, permitting options, siting), research from Yale and New York University demonstrates that social solar has already been shown to boost adoption rates by close to a percentage point.

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Steven Sprague, founder and CEO of Wave Systems, has a vision for trusted computing.

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While such systems might work for transmissions between trusted parties (such as between spies serving the same nation) who both examine the materials in private locations and subsequently want the materials to be destroyed, they do not work for sharing with untrusted parties or parties who may view the materials in public.

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We have trusted that smart scientists, engineers and economists do understand the interconnectedness of systems, that they comprehend the dangers of collapse and have taken all the necessary steps to protect us.

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Well, maybe -- we've got another little clue here in the form of some tips to PhoneArena stating that a "Pre Plus" has found its way into the carrier's systems, which fits in nicely with info we'd previously received from one of our trusted sources that Verizon's Pre would be somehow "different" from Sprint's though we don't yet know how.

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