Post #2691581
2025-12-02 21:04 UTC
@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social @globcoco@mamot.fr @Uddelhexe@mastodon.online
> You're talking about backdoors where it's deliberately done and hidden.
I meansoftware quality in general and backdoors in particular.
> Closed source software still has the compiled code available for review, ...
Following this logic OSS wouldn't make any sense then, as users have always the binary code for execution and for review.
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@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social 2025-12-02 21:13
@plumeros@swiss.social @globcoco@mamot.fr @Uddelhexe@mastodon.online > Following this logic OSS wouldn't make any sense then, as users have always the binary code for execution and for review. It doesn't make it not make sense. Source code is the preferred and easiest format for modifying the code and open source provides permission to do it. That doesn't change that what you're saying about closed source software is inaccurate. Finding backdoors is also far different than looking for accidental vulnerabilities.