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I do agree - wholeheartedly - with you that Free Software gives users control over what their devices do. This is important. Control and trust that your devices
by krylon 9y ago
I do agree - wholeheartedly - with you that Free Software gives users control over what their devices do. This is important. Control and trust that your devices do what they are supposed to do - no more, no less - are pretty much impossible to establish without free software
My point was that if nobody bothers to look at the code, the bug will go undetected. Think of how long the Heartbleed bug had been in OpenSSL before it was discovered.
- mikegerwitz 9y ago> My point was that if nobody bothers to look at the code, the bug will go undetected. Think of how long the Heartbleed bug had been in OpenSSL before it was discovered. Yes, I agree. "Linus's Law", while it has some truth, is a flawed (and open source) reasoning if considered absolute.
- mannykannot 9y agoFurthermore, security bugs are a special case, because of the motivation for the bad guys to find them first. One might argue that the rest of us have just as much motivation, but you know how that works in practice.