Not discrediting Open Source Software, but nothing is 100% safe.

  • Lennard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    While I generally agree, the project needs to be big enough that somebody looks through the code. I would argue Microsoft word is safer than some l small abandoned open source software from some Russian developer

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        1 year ago

        That’s true, but I’m not a programmer and on a GitHub project with 3 stars I can’t count on someone else doing it. (Of course this argument doesnt apply to big projects like libre office) With Microsoft I can at least trust that they will be in trouble or at least get bad press when doing something malicious.

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          1 year ago

          I mean if a github project has only 3 stars, it means no one is using it. Why does safety matter here? Early adopting anything has risks.

          This is kind of a false comparison. If it has 3 stars then it doesn’t even qualify for this conversation as literally no one is using it.

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      1 year ago

      Ehmm. if nobody uses it, it kinda doen’t matter if it’s safe. And for this example: I bet more people had a look at the code of LibreOffice than MS Office. And i dont think it sends telemetry home in default settings.