Russia gives plenty of consistent and sensible reasons justifying their invasion of Ukraine. NATO also gives plenty of consistent and sensible reasons justifying Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But the two stories couldn't be more different.
I am NOT saying GrapheneOS is tricking people and that these reasons aren't correct.
I AM saying that we cannot know that they are correct.
I AM saying that the existence of reasons does nothing to allay the concern, precisely because "reasons" are the easiest thing to create post-facto and therefore should have almost zero weight in your evaluation of trust.
And yet among nostr half-wits (sorry, as I get frustrated my language gets more harsh) "reasons" convince them all so easily. If I were a CIA operative I could topple you guys in my sleep!
I even gave as an example how my reason for not signing the Apple release of Gossip could not be trusted:
How can I make my point more clear? I am tired.