Do new forms of connection need more regulation and control? These fascinating essays explore the question from technical, socio-philosophical and design perspectives.

1. Introduction and overview Richard Harper; Part I. The Topography of Trust and Computing: 2. The role of trust in cyberspace David Clark; 3. The new face of the internet Thomas Karagiannis; 4. Trust as a methodological tool in security engineering George Danezis; Part II. Conceptual Points of View: 5. Computing and the search for trust Tom Simpson; 6. The worry about trust Olli Lagerspetz; 7. The inescapability of trust Bob Anderson and Wes Sharrock; 8. Trust in interpersonal interaction and cloud computing Rod Watson; 9. Trust, social identity, and computation Charles Ess; Part III. Trust in Design: 10. Design for trusted and trustworthy services M. Angela Sasse and Iacovos Kirlappos; 11. Dialogues: trust in design Richard Banks; 12. Trusting oneself Richard Harper and William Odom; 13. Reflections on trust, computing and society Richard Harper; Bibliography.