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Re:Open-source crypto is no better than closed-source crypto by cestith on Thursday October 04, 2018 @04:24PM (#18143343)
If I can hire a code auditor to audit closed source, I get one audit. If I hire an audit and someone else hires an audit on the same open source code, I get two audits.
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Re:Open-source crypto is no better than closed-source crypto by red75prime on Friday October 05, 2018 @01:32AM (#18145936)
> If I hire an audit and someone else hires an audit on the same open source code, I get two audits.

So there's incentive to save money and wait for someone else to do audits.

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Re:Open-source crypto is no better than closed-source crypto by cestith on Friday October 05, 2018 @09:55AM (#18148119)
That incentive only weighs so heavily against the incentive to run audited code.
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