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Honest question: do you personally inspect the code of the browser of your choice; trust others to do that; or are just are you feeling better about having that
by rimliu 10y ago
Honest question: do you personally inspect the code of the browser of your choice; trust others to do that; or are just are you feeling better about having that possibility?
Given the last few years of adventure in the OpenSSL land I make no assumption about superiority of the open sourced solutions security-wise. Hence the curiosity, what is the motivation of others.
- jasonkostempski 10y agoBeing hacked is only one of many security concerns. The authors of software don't always value the users wishes over their own, open source at least keeps them honest about what they're doing. A closed source browser (that I'm sure has some "telemetrics") who's main goal is to analyze browsing patterns is a privacy nightmare.
- Veen 10y agoNo software is perfect, but I'm more confident that vulnerabilities will be discovered and dealt with on open source projects. Proprietary projects have different incentives. I wouldn't have a clue what to do with browser code, and I don't inspect the code of the browser I use, but I am happier if people who can understand the code and who aren't dependent on the project for their living can check it.