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Do you personally go through every line of source code for your Linux distribution?
by raw_anon_1111 1y ago
Do you personally go through every line of source code for your Linux distribution?
- zrm 1y agoThat's not the relevant part. The relevant part is, if you find it's doing something you don't want it to be doing, can you read and modify the code that does that?
- izacus 1y agoSo you're not.
- ajvs 1y agoDo you do that for Android?
- wkat4242 1y agoNo but many people do. Try getting something by Linus and his kernel team lol. Good luck!
- raw_anon_1111 1y agoThere have been many long live security issues that have been in popular open source software - including Linux
- wkat4242 1y agoYes sure but not intentional ones.
- raw_anon_1111 1y agoActually sometimes it is intentional. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/06/xz-utils-linux-malware-open-source-software-cyber-attack-andres-freund https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/06/xz-uti... That’s just one we know about it.