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How does Opensource change how Security work? (kbin.run)

submitted 1 year ago by SamXavia@kbin.run to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

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There are some people won't touch anything to do with open source projects as they feel it might have issues with security. What does open source actually do for security or change how it works?

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[–] andruid@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

It's a harder con to build a real looking fake safe, hoping no one will actually test it out, then just lying about what's behind a curtain no one is allowed to look behind.