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Re:“Why Using WhatsApp Is Dangerous“ by ajconway on Friday January 31, 2020 @04:25PM (#22205941)
> I see no reason why open source helps here

Open source doesn't make things automatically secure, but one can't argue that it isn't much easier to inspect.

Re:“Why Using WhatsApp Is Dangerous“ by UncleMeat on Friday January 31, 2020 @07:25PM (#22207440)
I really can.

Bytecode is basically the same as source. Decompiled binaries are harder to read, but there are oodles of professionals who are very skilled at reading decompiled code. The actual structure of the program itself plays (to me) a much bigger role in the auditability of a system.

Re:“Why Using WhatsApp Is Dangerous“ by orestarod on Sunday February 02, 2020 @08:12PM (#22220647)
Open source code is much easier easier to inspect than compiled bytecode, no matter how you look at it.