The Xz backdoor and a near miss on the F-Droid app store show how the entitled attitude of some people in the open source community can be used to push malicious or insecure code.
  • @[email protected]English
    16•8 months ago

    in many cases can be less secure than closed source as it’s just one or two people doing it for free.

    Absurd take. How could having the source closed possibly enhance the security?

    • @[email protected]English
      8•8 months ago

      I think they mean that a lot of proprietary software (supposedly) has a large (or at least well-founded) team working on it

      • @MalfeasantEnglish
        14•8 months ago

        Hahahahahahahahaahaha

        (I work for a software company.)

        • @[email protected]English
          5•8 months ago

          I mean, they didn’t though Theoretically, well-funded teams would be able to create more secure software and fix vulnerabilities faster than some random guy who works a full-time job and codes in his free time

          • @[email protected]English
            0•8 months ago

            You say they didn’t, and then go on to make a point they didn’t make…

            They didn’t comment on funding whatsoever. Plenty of open-source software gets funding, and not all closed source software gets funding.

            The issue is with bullying and burnout. Nothing to do with being closed or open source.

            • @[email protected]English
              3•8 months ago

              I’m sorry that I’m apparently not getting my point across to you

              Proprietary software is often made by a corporation, who pays full-time developers. Those full-time developers are given a salary to work on that software. That salary is normally more than what open-source devs make off their software. The team who is paid to work full-time on the software will patch issues faster (theoretically)

              I bet you’ll find something wrong with this, but I don’t care

              • @[email protected]English
                2•8 months ago

                There’s nothing wrong with what you’re saying, I’m not challenging the point you’re making here.

                I’m challenging your ability to mind-read and ascribe that point to a different commenter.