Not discrediting Open Source Software, but nothing is 100% safe.

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Regarding point 2. I get what you’re saying but I instantly thought of Heartbleed. Arguably one of the most used examples of open source in the world, but primarily maintained by one single guy and it took 2 years for someone to notice the flaw.

So believing something is „safe“ just because it is open source and „open to billions of people“ can be problematic.

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Uhh… so? The NSA was sitting on the vulnerability for EternalBlue in Windows for over 5 years.

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Dont understand what that has to do with the discussion so far. How is this relevant here?

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No more or less relevant than heartbleed. Yes vulns exist in open source software, sometimes for a while. Being open source can lead to those vulns getting discovered and fixed quicker than with closed source.

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