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Re:How Facebook tracks you on Android [video] by scarface74 on Sunday December 30, 2018 @10:14PM (#18792798)
How did that work out for HeartBleed bug that was in open source code for over two years?

Even worse, this 11 year old bug in the Linux kernel?

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/02/23/linux_kernel_gets_p...

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Re:How Facebook tracks you on Android [video] by bch on Sunday December 30, 2018 @10:45PM (#18792876)
Heartbleed was found and fixed, and diagnostic tools quickly followed. OSS isn’t a panacea, but it’s something, no?
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Re:How Facebook tracks you on Android [video] by scarface74 on Sunday December 30, 2018 @10:50PM (#18792887)
After two years? How is that better than closed source?
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Re:How Facebook tracks you on Android [video] by lern_too_spel on Sunday December 30, 2018 @11:14PM (#18792971)
Try 15 years. https://www.v3.co.uk/v3-uk/news/3023669/happy-new-year-heres...
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