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[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago (18 children)
[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (16 children)

Linux anyone ?

I don’t want to sound dismissive, this is a genuine question and not an attack on Linux.

Other than security by obscurity, how is it possible that an operating system whose entire source code is available to hackers to peruse at will could be more secure than a closed source one?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

Closed source doesn't prevent people from reverse engineering it to find exploits, it just makes it harder for others to contribute to fixing it

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