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Re:Amazon Chime by oftenwrong on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @07:40AM (#13643089)
Closed source is an ironclad guarantee that the source cannot be audited independently.
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Re:Amazon Chime by falcolas on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @10:31AM (#13644135)
And yet companies hire out security audits on a regular basis, frequently as a part of their contracts.

Even Windows has source available, if you pay for the pleasure.

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Re:Amazon Chime by 794CD01 on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @11:30AM (#13644697)
How much more secure does a theoretical audit that never actually happens make you?
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