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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by 001100010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/memes@lemmy.ml
 

Not discrediting Open Source Software, but nothing is 100% safe.

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[โ€“] Rootiest@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would argue that even in that scenario it's still better to have the source available than have it closed.

If nobody has bothered to audit it then the number of people affected by any flaws will likely be minimal anyway. And you can be proactive and audit it yourself or hire someone to before using it in anything critical.

If nobody can audit it that's a whole different situation though. You pretty much have to assume it is compromised in that case because you have no way of knowing.

[โ€“] guy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Oh definitely, I fully agree. It's just a lot of people need to stop approaching open source with an immediate inherent level of trust that they wouldn't normally give to closed source. It's only really safer once you know it's been audited.