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

  • stappern@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    no, proprietary software its always possible malware and you have no weapon against it. being able to audit is always better.

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      1 year ago

      That’s true, but I’m not a programmer and on a GitHub project with 3 stars I can’t count on someone else doing it. (Of course this argument doesnt apply to big projects like libre office) With Microsoft I can at least trust that they will be in trouble or at least get bad press when doing something malicious.

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        1 year ago

        I mean if a github project has only 3 stars, it means no one is using it. Why does safety matter here? Early adopting anything has risks.

        This is kind of a false comparison. If it has 3 stars then it doesn’t even qualify for this conversation as literally no one is using it.

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        1 year ago

        undefined> With Microsoft I can at least trust that they will be in trouble

        lol yeah if anybody finds out… something something NSA