minus-squareLemvi@lemmy.sdf.orgtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why is open source software assumed to be secure? linkfedilinkarrow-up156·11 days agoThe code being public helps with spotting issues or backdoors. In practice, “security by obscurity” doesn’t really work. The code’s security should hinge on the quality of the code itself, not on the amount of people that know it. linkfedilink
The code being public helps with spotting issues or backdoors.
In practice, “security by obscurity” doesn’t really work. The code’s security should hinge on the quality of the code itself, not on the amount of people that know it.