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minus-squarejustastranger@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down4·10 months agoYou’re talking about exploits. They were talking about backdoors. The are not the same thing.
minus-squareImacat@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 months agoOpen source code isn’t immune to backdoors. It’s impossible to exhaustively test every interaction in massive code bases for unintended behavior. The upside of open source is that a well intentioned person might find a backdoor and get it fixed. Up until then it might be someone’s backdoor. Better?
You’re talking about exploits. They were talking about backdoors. The are not the same thing.
Open source code isn’t immune to backdoors. It’s impossible to exhaustively test every interaction in massive code bases for unintended behavior.
The upside of open source is that a well intentioned person might find a backdoor and get it fixed. Up until then it might be someone’s backdoor.
Better?