001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agoIt's Open Source!lemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up120arrow-down1imageIt's Open Source!lemmy.dbzer0.com001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square8fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCypher@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoLuckily 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.
minus-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoOpen source software is safe because somebody knows how to audit it.
minus-squareandrew@lemmy.stuart.funlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 years agoAnd 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.
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.
Open source software is safe because somebody knows how to audit it.
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.