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>A group of automobile manufacturers said that opening the code to scrutiny could create “serious threats to safety and security.” I think it is tremendously d
by matthewaveryusa 11y ago
>A group of automobile manufacturers said that opening the code to scrutiny could create “serious threats to safety and security.”
I think it is tremendously difficult for the layman to understand that obscurity is not security. In fact it's counter-intuitive at first.
- gress 11y agoObscurity is not security. True. Transparency is not security. Also true.
- davexunit 11y agoBut transparency is a prerequisite for security. Free software isn't necessarily secure, but only if its free software can we check and verify or fix it and distribute modified versions.
- gress 11y agoThat was true when the incentive was for vulnerabilities to be disclosed and fixed for the good of all, but sadly today, vulnerabilities are extremely valuable and so the incentive is for them to be sold to the powerful.