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It’s necessary in case the “good guys” need a security vulnerability to do “good things.” Proprietary software will always have security holes planted by govern
by steponlego 4y ago
It’s necessary in case the “good guys” need a security vulnerability to do “good things.” Proprietary software will always have security holes planted by governments. Linux has had this issue too, being a huge mess of code written by a huge number of mega-corps across the globe. I often chuckle at the thought of all the Israeli, Chinese, Russian, and NSA spies constantly undoing each other’s work.
It’s why I run OpenBSD now.
- nickpeterson 4y agoI feel ya, but even OpenBSD may not help if you end up running a bunch of things from ports.
- steponlego 4y agoGood old pledge and unveil help that a lot.
- red-iron-pine 4y agoDidn't it come out a few years ago that OpenBSD -- or anything *BSD -- was one of the keywords that the MONSTER email sniffer used by the FBI. Like if you're using OpenBSD they're already trying to track you...
- steponlego 4y agoSounds like an endorsement to me.