> A backdoor can persist in open source tools just as easily as it can persist in proprietary ones Just as easily? Citation needed. Especially when we are talk

> A backdoor can persist in open source tools just as easily as it can persist in proprietary ones Just as easily? Citation needed. Especially when we are talking about a simple security device that can ship a tiny, well written, well documented codebase. > teams which make open source tools are frequently smaller and underfunded for secure feature engineering when compared to teams which develop closed source tools This is besides the point. The same code, developed by the same team, can be released, or simply made publicly auditable.