Something I’ve wondered. One of those “too good to be true, it probably is” type things. With all the FOSS especially for linux, installing package after package because a web search said it would fix your problem, how is it Linux isn’t full of malware and such?

Id like to understand better so I can explain to others who are afraid of FOSS for those reasons. My best response is that since it’s open source, people can see what it’s doing and would right away notice something malicious. I wouldn’t, since I’m not that into code, but others would.

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    29 minutes ago

    Lots of companies keep getting in little trouble by doing stuff like hard coding passwords and leaving backdoors