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Would you trust an open source software maintained by a developer who you disagree with politically (or otherwise don't like the developer)? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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"Trust" as in: trust it enough to run it on your machine.

(And assuming that you can't understand code yourself)

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago

There's such different views on life that I don't think its possible to get software designed close to what you or I believe in.

If the source is open, the code is viewable. So yes I think I can trust, at least the code.

Also there's a saying "trust but verify". So actually check to see if the binaries your getting actually behave the way you think.

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