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Right, but being able to "trust" because it's "open source" makes me think trust comes from the ability of read the source code, not modify it.
by AlienRobot 2y ago
Right, but being able to "trust" because it's "open source" makes me think trust comes from the ability of read the source code, not modify it.
- ivanbakel 2y agoThat requires trusting that the available source is actually what's running on the machine, which is not much better than trusting that a closed-source program is correct. Open-source software is more trustworthy not only because it's inspectable, but also because you can decide to run precisely the code you see, so there's also accountability for the code that is run.