「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(old account, migrated to Piefed)@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 个月前Would you trust an open source software maintained by a developer who you disagree with politically (or otherwise don't like the developer)?message-squaremessage-square107linkfedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down112file-text
arrow-up1115arrow-down1message-squareWould you trust an open source software maintained by a developer who you disagree with politically (or otherwise don't like the developer)?「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(old account, migrated to Piefed)@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 个月前message-square107linkfedilinkfile-text
“Trust” as in: trust it enough to run it on your machine. (And assuming that you can’t understand code yourself)
minus-squarefrightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·10 个月前The whole entire point of free software is trustlessness.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·10 个月前You always have to trust others. If a key person can not be trusted anymore, the option to constantly check the code is not really an option.
minus-squarethebestaquaman@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 个月前Ref. the famous Ken Thompson hack. At some point you’re forced to trust someone.
minus-squareother8026@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 个月前At this point GrapheneOS is big enough that there are people who do pay attention to changes and forks that would notice as well.
The whole entire point of free software is trustlessness.
You always have to trust others. If a key person can not be trusted anymore, the option to constantly check the code is not really an option.
Ref. the famous Ken Thompson hack. At some point you’re forced to trust someone.
At this point GrapheneOS is big enough that there are people who do pay attention to changes and forks that would notice as well.