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

  • Cypher@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    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.

      • andrew@lemmy.stuart.fun
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        1 year ago

        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.