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staticassertionyesterday at 1:08 AM1 replyview on HN

No one is auditing. Behavior analysis works on closed source software too.


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array_key_firstyesterday at 4:38 PM

Most open source repositories do have eyes on the code. Debian often has separate maintainers who maintain patches specific to Debian.

It's not a coincidence that Linux distros are much less susceptible to malware in their official repositories. It's a result of the system. Trusted software currated and reviewed by maintainers.

The play store will always have significant amounts of malware, so this entire conversation is moot.