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

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[–] Cypher@lemmy.world 219 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Luckily there are people who do know, and we verify things for our own security and for the community as part of keeping Open Source projects healthy.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 100 points 1 year ago (9 children)

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

[–] buckykat@lemmy.fmhy.ml 18 points 1 year ago

Also because those people who can audit it don't have a financial incentive to hide any flaws they find

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