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[–] le_saucisson_masquay@sh.itjust.works -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Exception to the rule ?? I’d argue you have no idea how many times it succeeded because that’s the point. We only know what failed, if this worked I have no doubt that companies running Pegasus which have hundreds of millions of dollar of budget every year can success.

Open source when not maintained properly is fundamentally flawed, there just need one weak element in the chain, one package maintained by a handful of people on their own time.

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] le_saucisson_masquay@sh.itjust.works -3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Holy fuck, every time: one line answer, no explanation, just Insults. Find someone to fck instead of crying on the internet.

[–] aniki@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Triggered much, clownboy?

[–] CrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do you know how many times Microsoft has had a supply chain attack inject a critical vulnerability into Windows? Or how many times a malicious insider at Apple has added a backdoor to iOS?

Nope, and you cant possibly know because those systems are closed.

With open source software you have the ability to audit the code for vulnerabilities. We have the ability to reasonably state that that incident was an exception to the rule because its so easy to see the available code and major security incidents tend to become major news.

An open not maintained system is worst than a well maintained but closed one. There are billions of $ behind window and macos. Some critical package on Linux are maintained by 2 guys during their spare time...