Like a privacy based fully open source browser. Wouldnt it be more hackable because every one know the script and is a glopal privacy based gpay alternative possible ? What about targeted hacking is someone using closed source application more better off than someone with ooen source ?

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    9 months ago

    Open source means anyone able to read the code can find and fix vulnerabilities to prevent them from being exploited in the future. It’s just as easy to exploit closed source software through fuzzing and other means, but the only people doing that are the devs and hackers, not the thousands of other people invested in the project.

    It’s much easier to slip backdoors into closed source software too.