alt Hacker News>Closed source doesn't mean not trustworthy
Yes, it does.
>O&O has been making tools like these for a long time.
Microsoft has made Windows for a long time. Longer, even.
>Closed source doesn't mean not trustworthy
Yes, it does.
>O&O has been making tools like these for a long time.
Microsoft has made Windows for a long time. Longer, even.
The “million eyes” argument has massive exceptions, among the top of my head is OpenSSL’s HeartBleed, a critical and extremely popular security suite that had a simple overflow issue for a decade or longer.
People don’t read the source. And chief among them, statistically, is you.
Open Source is ideal but not a deal breaker.