What Makes You Trust a Small Tool With Your Files? Reddit Debates
Thefounderman1 · reddit · 2026-09-05
A founder reflects on letting an obscure one-person tool with a few hundred GitHub stars access two years of notes, realizing his actual rule is just "has anyone else heard of it" — big untrusted companies get waved through while cautious small tools face scrutiny. The thread collects real heuristics: open source, personal vouching, or just trying it.
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