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Not discrediting Open Source Software, but nothing is 100% safe.

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[–] VaidenKelsier@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

The difference is, though, if you care enough, you have the capability of finding out what's in the code, the only limiters at that point are yourself

In closed source, you just have to trust the publisher and developers