>>Already trusting Open Source requires non technical people to trust others who can read the code to vouch for it. That is not the the benefit of OpenSource.

>>Already trusting Open Source requires non technical people to trust others who can read the code to vouch for it. That is not the the benefit of OpenSource. With open Source you have MORE technical people looking at the code, finding things, and reporting things than you do with Closed Source There is also less risk to researchers when reporting things to Open Source than to Closed Source Companies who often respond not with "thanks for the info" but with "I am Lawyer from X Bad software vendor, we are reporting you to law enforcement and reserve the right to sue you if you tell anyone about your finding"