Re:Volkswagen’s Diesel Fraud Makes Critic of Secret Code a P...
by SideburnsOfDoom on Thursday September 24, 2015 @05:19AM
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> Demanding that all code be open-source
That's a fundamental misunderstanding of the requirement for 3rd party review, and it seems to be a common oversimplification here on HN. There is some precedent for auditing important code without any intention of open-sourcing it:
That's a fundamental misunderstanding of the requirement for 3rd party review, and it seems to be a common oversimplification here on HN. There is some precedent for auditing important code without any intention of open-sourcing it:
http://uk.businessinsider.com/microsoft-opens-transparency-c...
http://uk.businessinsider.com/apple-china-security-audits-ns...