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arrow-up1405arrow-down1external-linkIn case you missed it: Bank info-stealing malware found in 90+ Android apps with 5.5M installsmashable.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 6 months agomessage-square106fedilinkcross-posted to: cybersecurity
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-4•6 months agoOkay, but that’s a different claim than that you have to personally vet and compile every single thing you use, which is what I was responding to. Open source isn’t perfect, but it is objectively and obviously better than closed.
minus-squareJeenalinkfedilinkEnglish2•6 months agoMy whole point is that you can not point to a 3rd party checking for you and claim that it secure because someone else already checked. And I brought two examples which contradict this claim.
Okay, but that’s a different claim than that you have to personally vet and compile every single thing you use, which is what I was responding to.
Open source isn’t perfect, but it is objectively and obviously better than closed.
My whole point is that you can not point to a 3rd party checking for you and claim that it secure because someone else already checked. And I brought two examples which contradict this claim.