It could be but I doubt it also...but an entrepreneur could start the ball rolling; already we have protective sleeves for our credit cards, computers, dumb phones, ipads etc. Not to mention many promoting survival information like putting your vulnerable stuff in a metal file cabinet or what I realized: Putting my stuff in a metal dog cage...it's a start...

Perhaps, but do you really believe all that work and expense will actually ever be done before collapse and/or EMP?

Actually it is possible, the security agencies have done a decent job in their government buildings but I think the answer is to protect each electronic unit. Perhaps a polyethylene or carbon coating. For the grid we need giant capacitors and the recharging stations protected by faraday cages.

...One important concern is how would it [ditital] fare when the electrical infrastructure goes down.
Yes, we gotta deal with that huge concern, e.g. EMP, but is that even possible?
Among other tragedies, it would wipe out all digital bank accounts! Even the internet would fail; communications become nearly impossible.

It all comes right along with the Great Global Collapse.

Correct! trust is earned by observing one's behavior and performance...and I certainly do trust that they will always screw up, lie, steal and disappoint everyone.

Good points. I have tried to hammer home the fact that it Is a privileged to represent and serve one's American counterparts but one is NOT privileged in doing so.
I really think we need to move everyone Out of DC, turn the place into a museum and put government in plane Jane buildings amoungst the people.

Was it Rose Kennedy who once said "Trust is something you earn, not something your are given?" If someone says, "Trust me", I immediately feel suspicious. Why should I trust them? Humanity does not need more trust to disappoint them, they need more smarts about whom to trust. I mean Hillary, really? How many went with that one?

Part of the problem with trust is that too much power and authority has been centralized in big national governments. In the U.S., the 10th amendment has been beaten to a pulp, with the Federal government draining the power of the states and municipalities like a huge vampire. Because of the extreme separation from the people it governs, empathy is seriously lacking in the Federal government.

I was encouraged at the response from the Attorneys General association, when all 50 of those state representatives announced strong opposition to Jeh Johnson's attempt to have DHS take over the states' election systems, citing their importance as "critical national infrastructure. Johnson and Obama cited the move as protection from hacking, but it was obvious that it was an attempt to steal yet one more vital element of states' authority. The rejection was resoundingly bipartisan, for once.

By contrast, President Trump is telling Governors and Mayors that he wants to restore control to local government as much as possible, so people can really know the face of those responsible. Whether he'll be successful remains to be seen, but it's an encouraging note.

Part of the trust deficit is laziness on the part of the public. If you don't pay attention to what your local, state, and Federal government is doing, and don't raise your voice to your representatives and in public forums about what corrections need to be made, it's easy to slide into a victim posture.

I once had a book of historical quotations that I lost in a trailer fire way back during the 70s.
"Trust no one" with something added was earliest BC thing written according to that book.
Before I posted my brief two liner above, I once again went looking for it online but again failed.
During that search, I found that Ronald Reagan said "Trust but verify."
I was all, oh, yeah, I now recall him saying that one day on TV.

Agreed...add...the ole standby: Trust but verify.

A mentor once suggested that when confronted with information, (from an accepted mentor), you assume for the moment that the info is correct, then ask why is that correct...then check it out on your own.
Same concept as in the first line.

But in today's world, one must Verify First then assign a % of trust...what we are seeing for the most part is a 0% or - #% of trust because the truth has been hidden or completely erased!

Good Catch!...It's tough enough to catch one's own mistakes but when reading a professional article, we should expect perfection. I read so many articles with many errors not just in the body but in the Heading and Headlines also.

My response to your title is no.
Deception is running rampant on all levels.

Is there really something called a "uint" or is that a typo? If it is a typo, then we can't trust the proof reader now can we? This blockchain (i.e.bitcoin) thing totally befuddles me.

Seems the ancient Mayans were right that we'd be screaming for "Ethics".
Perhaps, also, maybe we do need this stress in order to evolve consciously...only time and observations will tell.

There ya go...you just identified the parasitical, non-conscious, humanoidal class...

The DELIBERATE effort to seed distrust in government(s) was done to lead to external governance and, if that stats are true about 75% is true, global governance. In this country, and others, a blurred sense or right and wrong coupled with a displaced feeling as institutions, not just government institutions, grow necrotic, mutating into things we cannot recognize. Its deliberate, its either reached its peak or approaching it, and has been going on for some time.

Who can legitimately trust government at any level? Who can legitimately believe a politician? Who can trust your pastor without reservation? Your neighbor? Your employer? The stores you shop at? If single, your date?

A concerted effort has been made to rock the pillars of society, to sully values that had made this nation strong and resilient. We are our own enemy and the only enemy that can truly kill the United States (look at the news today as evidence). I'm sure this sentiment rings true to varying degrees with other nations and their people, but I can only speak for what I know, America.

To answer the question "can we fix it", NO. We fix nothing. Each individual must fix their role in our society, their misalignment with American constitutional values, and only then will individuals be able to trust individuals again and, by extension, companies, institutions and government.

The trust problem, as shown in the article, is that 85% of the people don't believe that institutions such as "governments, corporations, NGO’s and media" are trustworthy.

The problem as I see it is that 15% of the people still do trust these institutions. What are they thinking??