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How does Opensource change how Security work? (kbin.run)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There are some people won't touch anything to do with open source projects as they feel it might have issues with security. What does open source actually do for security or change how it works?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Oh and in practice, companies might pick a closed source paid product over a free and open source one.

But it's not the product, it's the legal/financial agreements. Companies like to externalize the risk instead of taking it on themselves. They like being able to sue someone if things go wrong.

The other company might be running the FOSS software too. They're taking on the responsibility.

Oh and finally, a lot of open source products and protocols are used by closed source companies.

ex. Signal protocol is used by Facebook for some things