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Re:Today I realized I now trust Microsoft more than Google. ... by bee_rider on Sunday August 13, 2023 @02:21PM (#37112603)
IMO the fact that the open source folks built those mechanisms indicates they they are inherently more trustworthy. I mean, in many cases the honest party is also the one happy to do things in the open.
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Re:Today I realized I now trust Microsoft more than Google. ... by bemusedthrow75 on Sunday August 13, 2023 @02:30PM (#37112694)
> I mean, in many cases the honest party is also the one happy to do things in the open.

This may be true, but there are longstanding figures in open source who I would not trust as far as I could spit.

It's a mistake to see the openness of open source or open access as a guide to trusting the people who produced it. Dual_EC_DRBG is a good example of why.

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