Bullying in Open Source Software Is a Massive Security Vulnerability

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Bullying in Open Source Software Is a Massive Security Vulnerability
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I mean you can see the source code. You'll know if anyone does something weird if you have two braincells.

Edit: Clown here move along.

You're manually reviewing the entire code of every open source product you use? Manually reviewing the code at every commit of every open source software you use?

I can't tell if you're joking but if you are that's hilarious

Oh shit I must've said something really dumb now.

(I wasn't joking).

It's not a dumb point so much as just naive -- and its the lesson we learned from the xz backdoor.

Sure the source code is out there for anyone to see, but are the right people actually looking?