On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 04:26:43PM -0300, Juan wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 08:43:06 +0000 > Артур Истомин <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 09:00:24AM +0200, Öyvind Saether wrote: > > > > Ordinary people do not know this word "code" (especially open > > > > source). They believe that the piper calls the tune. And in fact > > > > it is very difficult to argue with such a statement without > > > > falling into the technical details ("code is open") > > > > > > "code is open" means NOTHING, so sorry - just look at OpenSSL. > > > > > > That "open code" is somehow safe is a completely false myth. It is > > > very easy to insert "bugs" that result in huge security holes into > > > any "open code" project and we have seen more than enough examples > > > of this to keep wearing blinders and pretend that "the code is > > > available" means that the code is safe. > > > > Much easier insert backdoor into proprietary software. Even hide > > nothing/"nowhere" > > Irrelevant. The discussion isnt about closed vs open source.
"That "open code" is somehow safe is a completely false myth..." How is it irrelevant? > > But since you mention it... > > ....people ´trust´ open source code more because it > is allegedly harder to subvert. It may be harder. Or not. > > But at the end of the day, subverted open source code is as bad, or > worse, than subverted closed source code. empty words > > > > > > > > > > > "code is audited" means a tiny bit more. I would really like to see > > > some truly independent audit. Such an audit could (like Tor itself) > > > be funded using cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin so that governments > > > can not easily prevent donations. > > > > Agreed 100%. Today it is more important than auditing TrueCrypt. > > > > > > -- > tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] > To unsubscribe or change other settings go to > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk -- tor-talk mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe or change other settings go to https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-talk
