return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoIn case you missed it: Bank info-stealing malware found in 90+ Android apps with 5.5M installsmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1467
arrow-up1467external-linkIn case you missed it: Bank info-stealing malware found in 90+ Android apps with 5.5M installsmashable.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square106fedilink
minus-squareExcrubulent@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoOkay, but that’s a different claim than that you have to personally vet and compile every single thing you use, which is what I was responding to. Open source isn’t perfect, but it is objectively and obviously better than closed.
minus-squareJeena@jemmy.jeena.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoMy whole point is that you can not point to a 3rd party checking for you and claim that it secure because someone else already checked. And I brought two examples which contradict this claim.
Okay, but that’s a different claim than that you have to personally vet and compile every single thing you use, which is what I was responding to.
Open source isn’t perfect, but it is objectively and obviously better than closed.
My whole point is that you can not point to a 3rd party checking for you and claim that it secure because someone else already checked. And I brought two examples which contradict this claim.