[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agoWould you trust an open source software maintained by a developer who you disagree with politically (or otherwise don't like the developer)?message-squaremessage-square110linkfedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1114arrow-down1message-squareWould you trust an open source software maintained by a developer who you disagree with politically (or otherwise don't like the developer)?[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square110linkfedilinkfile-text
“Trust” as in: trust it enough to run it on your machine. (And assuming that you can’t understand code yourself)
minus-squarethebestaquaman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoRef. the famous Ken Thompson hack. At some point you’re forced to trust someone.
Ref. the famous Ken Thompson hack. At some point you’re forced to trust someone.