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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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[–] guy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Oh definitely, I fully agree. It's just a lot of people need to stop approaching open source with an immediate inherent level of trust that they wouldn't normally give to closed source. It's only really safer once you know it's been audited.