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I wonder if this will cause countries to abandon OSX & Windows in favor of open source software. The bigest takeaway from all of this is that you can't trust c
by signed0 13y ago
I wonder if this will cause countries to abandon OSX & Windows in favor of open source software.
The bigest takeaway from all of this is that you can't trust closed software that was developed by foreign corporations.
- mpyne 13y agoFirefox logs in to GMail and Facebook just as well as Internet Explorer does, and the open protocols that would be used by OSS are just as susceptible to interception on the wire as the closed protocols used by Skype. I do agree (and have for years) that people with Important Data should rely exclusively on open-source software if it is important that the data is handled properly, but OSS is not a panacea to this by any means.