Re:The boiling frog of digital freedom
by notsurenymore on Sunday September 03, 2023 @08:36AM
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I had an old IBM luggable at one point that had the BIOS source listed in manual.
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Re:The boiling frog of digital freedom
by passion__desire on Sunday September 03, 2023 @08:39AM
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Well things are so complex now that if some provides you source code, it would be so easy to make 0days.
Don’t you think in the long term this would result in better source code and hardened software, similar to what’s happened with the Linux source code?
Right now the NSA just has all the 0days instead.
Re:The boiling frog of digital freedom
by passion__desire on Sunday September 03, 2023 @08:58AM
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I agree with you, I am just highlighting companies' thinking why they would wanna protect their source code. security by obscurity. Also having a copy of source could also mean the companies might have cut corners. Many leaks of future products are now guessed from source code. Also it is so easy to copy as well by other companies.