「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」(he/him)@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agoWould 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-up1125arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1112arrow-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」(he/him)@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square107linkfedilinkfile-text
“Trust” as in: trust it enough to run it on your machine. (And assuming that you can’t understand code yourself)
minus-squarethebestaquaman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoRef. the famous Ken Thompson hack. At some point you’re forced to trust someone.
Ref. the famous Ken Thompson hack. At some point you’re forced to trust someone.