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Honestly, if they provided 100mb source code, would you read it and then compile it? Source code alone doesn't make it secure.
by system2 3y ago
Honestly, if they provided 100mb source code, would you read it and then compile it? Source code alone doesn't make it secure.
- p-e-w 3y agoSomething like this doesn't require 100 MB of source code. I'd expect a few thousand LoC at most. And I absolutely do at least a quick visual "sanity check" of the code before compiling and running newly announced software.
- layer8 3y agoYou can do a sanity check on exe files with VirusTotal and other tools. And if it’s just for testing, you can use a throw-away VM.
- Brian_K_White 3y agoIrrelevant. Convenient or probable doesn't matter. What matters is possible vs not possible. All it takes is one person somewhere who wants to look something over, and they heads-up the rest, and then many others do verify. And that initial one does exist even though it's not you or me, the same way the author exists, the same way that at least once in a while for some things it is you or me.
- system2 3y agoI am happy to hear everyone has plenty of free time to check all random internet open-source projects.
- Brian_K_White 3y agoCitation needed. No one said that, and so if you heard it, then you should see a therapist about your hallucinations.
- system2 3y agoIt is a new year, maybe you should try to be happy and calm this year.
- Brian_K_White 3y agoAnd yet still no one said that.