> You've been living on such a principle?

I have not, but in case you missed it, this principle has been used by open source proponents for decades. I'm an open source developer myself, but always found it odd.

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nixosbestos 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

No, it's really not, and really hasn't been. Do people truly have such poor reasoning and logic skills?

"Closed source software is inscrutable, impossible for me to fix, impossible for me to review the source" is absolutely a distinct statement from "it is impossible to hide malware in open-source software". I've literally never heard someone claim the latter.

(edit for coherency, thanks graemep)

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graemep 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think you mean open source in the second bit in quotes.

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birksherty 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

> "it is impossible to hide malware in open-source software"

No nobody said "exactly that". But many times I've seen people claiming to trust open source as it is safer and people can check and build themselves. Seen it too many times. But reality is different than what is claimed.

	▲	thwarted 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's safer in the same sense as if you're paranoid about your date being a serial killer, you meet them in a public venue. It doesn't mean your date isn't a serial killer, but the risk profile is different because other people can be involved/witness/have context. You didn't use the word "safe", you used the relative term "safer", and on average, it is harder to hide ill intent in open source software, there's a greater chance it will eventually be discovered. The blast radius is larger for open source (because the barrier to using it is lower), which increases the number of people impacted, but an increase in the number of people impacted also increases the chance of discovery and motivation to address it once discovered.

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tuwtuwtuwtuw an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I genuinely don't understand what you are trying to say.

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fsflover 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is not the argument at all. It's just easier to discover malware in closed software.