Comment by parasubvert
1 month ago
If you don't personally write the software stack on your devices, at some point you have to trust a third party.
1 month ago
If you don't personally write the software stack on your devices, at some point you have to trust a third party.
I would trust a company more if their random features sending data are opt-in.
A non-advertized feature, which is not independently verified, which about image contents? I would be prefer independent verification of their claims.
Agreed, but surely you see a difference between an open source implementation that is out for audit by anyone, and a closed source implementation that is kept under lock & key? They could both be compromised intentionally or unintentionally, but IMHO one shows a lot more good faith than the other.
No. That’s your bias as a nerd. There are countless well-publicised examples of ‘many eyeballs’ not being remotely as effective as nerds make it out to be.
can you provide a relevant example for this context?
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The developer-to-user trust required in the context of open-source software is substantially less than in proprietary software. this much is evident.