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
The idea with open source software is that the code is published and visible to all.
This makes it a lot harder for a malicious actor to introduce code because someone else on the team will no doubt catch it and block or remove it.
The more eyes you have on a project, the less likely problematic code will be introduced.
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