Re:OpenDrop: An Open Source AirDrop Implementation
by pbhjpbhj on Monday August 19, 2019 @11:03AM
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>The “many eyes” hypothesis is routinely debunked when severe security bugs are found in things like the Linux kernel that have been there for years. //
Surely to debunk the theory you have to show that fewer bugs are in proprietary software of the same vintage?
AFAIK the many eyes hypothesis is that: as time progresses fewer exploitable bugs will exist in software that has the source open for inspection than in comparable closed source software(?).
When an ages old exploit/bug gets patched that is the many eyes principle working; a piece of software can't get more secure (or otherwise improve) without patching old code, surely.
Surely to debunk the theory you have to show that fewer bugs are in proprietary software of the same vintage?
AFAIK the many eyes hypothesis is that: as time progresses fewer exploitable bugs will exist in software that has the source open for inspection than in comparable closed source software(?).
When an ages old exploit/bug gets patched that is the many eyes principle working; a piece of software can't get more secure (or otherwise improve) without patching old code, surely.