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Trustor (agent)

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In social sciences and in information technology, trustor (also known as the truster in some contexts[1]) is an entity that places trusts the another entity, known as the trustee. A Trustor may be a social agent -such as a person or an institution- or a technical agent, such as a computer or a software application, acting on behalf of a social agent.[2]

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  1. ^ Hardin R. (2002) Russel Hardin: Trust and trustworthiness. Russel Sage Foundation.
  2. ^ Cofta, P. (2007) Trust, Complexity and Control: Confidence in a Convergent World. John Wiley and Sons.


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