Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 23:41:57 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Open_Source Message-ID: <20090606054157.GB89564@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <200906031236.14533.kirk@strauser.com> References: <4d3f56c90906020812t40c5fcbv178bcd7f702356f@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310906020843n3e7dc96ap28d5d622e844abf1@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906021757290.2065@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <200906031236.14533.kirk@strauser.com>
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On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 12:36:14PM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 June 2009 10:59:51 am Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>
> > I would add - with Open Source add it's far smaller (actually close to
> > zero) probability that it doesn't do anything except it's supposed to do.
> >
> > I mean things like sending private data to someone else, scanning for
> > other programs i have on disk, my addressbook etc.
>
> I agree completely. I'd never voluntarily trust my personal information to a
> system that I (or other interested parties on my behalf) couldn't audit.
I agree as well:
Why encryption that doesn't trust the user isn't trustworthy
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=362
The article is particular to encryption, of course, but the same
priniciples are easily generalized to other software types.
--
Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
Quoth Edward Murphy, Jr. (Murphy's Law): "If there's more than one way
to do a job and one of those ways will end in disaster, then someone
will do it that way."
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