@lxo also just incase i give the wrong impression i also believe all frontend software should be open source.
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Lestat (lestat@ieji.de)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2022 15:50:54 JST Lestat
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Lestat (lestat@ieji.de)'s status on Wednesday, 14-Dec-2022 03:20:50 JST Lestat
@lxo @lxo well ofc u can check compilers but reverse engineering allows to see what it did to the code it compiled. Also youre very wrong to say low hanging fruit in standard linux are gone...(Chromeos and Android are different) Unless u put lots of effort into it it lacks sandboxing...Linux also lacks the now legacy and everywhere used W^X exploit mitigation (incase it isnt clear not having W^X is ridiculously idiotic),Linux also has NO protection for uninitialized memory outside of-
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Lestat (lestat@ieji.de)'s status on Tuesday, 13-Dec-2022 23:51:44 JST Lestat
@lxo Exploits, vulnerabilities
Also on ur proprietary take...u do realise proprietary software can also be checked same as open source..infact even better because the compiler also gets checked..thats how they get audited and its called reverse engineering
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Lestat (lestat@ieji.de)'s status on Monday, 12-Dec-2022 21:52:32 JST Lestat
@fu hey dood i usee u speak about GNU a lot...I was just curious whats your opinion on its security? also yes this is kinda discussion baiting lol