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Open source software is not same as free software. One needs free software (which is open source, as well as give users complete freedom) to ensure their privac

by chatman 13y ago

Open source software is not same as free software. One needs free software (which is open source, as well as give users complete freedom) to ensure their privacy.

Xylakant 13y ago
In terms of trust: No. As long as I can get the source, modify it and compile my own version, I'm totally in the green as far as privacy and security are concerned. There's a lot of reasons to prefer free software over mere open source software, but privacy is none of them.
- chatman 13y ago
  Android is "open source", yet there may be restrictions on your ability to compile and run your copy of the source code on your device. Can you trust the OEMs that they are running the same code as you have a copy of?
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