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

  • stappern@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    Completely missing the point. Collective action is what makes open source software accessible to everybody.

    You dont NEED to be able to audit yourself. Still safer than proprietary software every way you look at it.

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      1 year ago

      While I generally agree, the project needs to be big enough that somebody looks through the code. I would argue Microsoft word is safer than some l small abandoned open source software from some Russian developer

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        1 year ago

        no, proprietary software its always possible malware and you have no weapon against it. being able to audit is always better.

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          1 year ago

          That’s true, but I’m not a programmer and on a GitHub project with 3 stars I can’t count on someone else doing it. (Of course this argument doesnt apply to big projects like libre office) With Microsoft I can at least trust that they will be in trouble or at least get bad press when doing something malicious.

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            1 year ago

            I mean if a github project has only 3 stars, it means no one is using it. Why does safety matter here? Early adopting anything has risks.

            This is kind of a false comparison. If it has 3 stars then it doesn’t even qualify for this conversation as literally no one is using it.

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            1 year ago

            undefined> With Microsoft I can at least trust that they will be in trouble

            lol yeah if anybody finds out… something something NSA

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        1 year ago

        Ehmm. if nobody uses it, it kinda doen’t matter if it’s safe. And for this example: I bet more people had a look at the code of LibreOffice than MS Office. And i dont think it sends telemetry home in default settings.