Who Would You Trust Less?

[moser]

Who would you trust less: someone who is capable of keeping a confidence but betrays it for malicious reasons, or someone who would not betray a secret for malicious reasons but keeps accidentally doing so, or does so because he/she feels that betraying the confidence would help you?

Assume that the issue to be kept secret is not something severe such as mental illness, affairs, etc., but more along the lines of your saying that you feel stressed out but don't want the boss to know because you want a certain assignment.

[moJo]

the malicious person (the first scenario). it's all about the intentions...

[Emperor_Mike]

I don't trust anyone with potentially damaging knowledge. As far as I can help it, people get their stuff on a need to know basis and never anything that can come back and bite me in the ass at a later date. Being paranoid for legitimate reasons is never a bad thing in my book. :wink:

[Craig]

I don't trust people that can't control their actions.