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Why open source matters.

• saagarjha 7y ago
  How so?
  • phkahler 7y ago
    You can look at the code to see what it's actually doing.
    • ProAm 7y ago
      People rarely look at the code even when its open source
      • dehrmann 7y ago
        Not only that, even if you have reproducible builds, they're a lot harder to verify on mobile targets where you can't just compare all the installed files.
        • jakeogh 7y ago
          What am I missing? The binaries are the same. I dont see why paths matter. One can hash and intersect the sets.
      • 0xdeadb00f 7y ago
        > People rarely look at the code even when its open source So? The point is people can if they want too. Even if only w small portion do, it's better than having closed sources code.
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