Comment by crote

> It could be in a locked basement, it could be in a sealed off cage in a data center, it could be a private research area at a university. We don't know.

Yes, and that is exactly the problem. They didn't write "a large university/company/government institute which wishes to remains anonymous has graciously donated space in their ISOwhatever certified in-house hosting facility", they wrote "physically held by a long time contributor".

It is written as if it is just Some Guy's Mom's Basement, with a guarantee of Trust Me Bro. If it is indeed hosted in a professional environment, why don't they say so?

People are assuming the worst because it isn't their first rodeo, and they've seen it go wrong time and time again. If F-Droid wants to be taken seriously Just Trust Us isn't good enough - especially with their main selling point being "you can't trust Google"!