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It's Open Source! (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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Not discrediting Open Source Software, but nothing is 100% safe.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Open source software is safe because somebody knows how to audit it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And to a large extent, there is automatic software that can audit things like dependencies. This software is also largely open source because hey, nobody's perfect. But this only works when your source is available.