I’m all for open source software so it can be understood, developed, and used by more people than if it was proprietary. However, I don’t get how it can be secure if malicious actors have access to the source code and the entire software package to practice their attacks against?
In: Engineering
Simply said: the more people check and look at the source code, the more likely it is that they will find any mistakes and errors in the code.
By making the code available to everybody, the chances are higher that someone will eventually find any such mistake – at least the chances are higher than if you keep the sources secret.
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