How are open source software secure?

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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?

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Security that depends on obscurity is not security at all.

A secure system is one that is still secure even when the attacker knows exactly how it works.

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