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Posted: 10/28/2013 8:55:13 AM EDT
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Open source isn't inherently safe.
It simply affords you the opportunity to examine the source, and compile it yourself. There have been some pretty notorious backdoors built into open source stuff in the past. |
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Posted: 10/28/2013 9:09:16 AM EDT
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damn it bcauz3y. Anytime I think I learn something about tech you cut my legs out from under me.
I should have just asked in your thread I guess. You keep making me want to go back to school to learn about this stuff lol. |
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Posted: 10/28/2013 9:10:24 AM EDT
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OpenBSD, it's the only way to be sure (that no one including yourself can use your computer).
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Posted: 10/28/2013 9:10:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: damn it bcauz3y. Anytime I think I learn something about tech you cut my legs out from under me. I should have just asked in your thread I guess. You keep making me want to go back to school to learn about this stuff lol.  |
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Posted: 10/28/2013 9:11:20 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: OpenBSD, it's the only way to be sure (that no one including yourself can use your computer). BSD is some solid stuff. How long has it been since they had a remote exploit? Like 12 years or some shit? |
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Posted: 10/28/2013 9:12:17 AM EDT
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Open source isn't inherently safe. As someone who has worked in the open source world for over a decade and has used open source software since the early 1990's, I concur. If you can read and write code, open source can be great. If you can't read code, how do you know it is safer? |
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