Eli5: Why can’t open source software easily be hacked?

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Typically a source code leak is a safety danger. But with open source applications it is available from the start. How do you prevent people from intruding when all safety measurements can be plainly seen?

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A lot of it is how many people can you hack.

Make some code to break windows that’s billions of computing, many who don’t know much about computers.

Or 2-3 million with probably more tech savvy to work with open source code to make it do what you want.

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