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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[–] ShellMonkey@lemmy.socdojo.com 5 points 10 months ago

In theory it helps to have multiple people verify the code. In reality, unless it has wide use and a fairly clean core it won't likely get reviewed by anyone, but even without that it helps provide a level of trust just by the author laying their cards out for people to look at if they like.