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Re:Wikipedia Is Now a Brave Verified Publisher by tlb on Thursday August 29, 2019 @03:21PM (#20832712)
Can you give an example of a closed-source project you trust because it has been audited by a third party?
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Re:Wikipedia Is Now a Brave Verified Publisher by kbrosnan on Thursday August 29, 2019 @08:21PM (#20834917)
Just about all certificate authorities are trusted by billions of people a day to encrypt their data. Almost all of CAs are privately held companies, the only way they are trusted is by being audited by a third party. For info about the inclusion process see https://www.ccadb.org/ and https://wiki.mozilla.org/CA/Information_Checklist

LetsEncrypt is an example of a non-profit open source based CA.

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