Re: Re: fucking chinese balloon
By: John Guillory to Nightfox on Sun Feb 12 2023 02:16 pm

dude, opensource has been a security risk since it's been open
source.

it's open-source, he thought anyone could go in and put malware in
it. And he said he trusted Windows more because Windows is made by a
small group of people who are paid to develop it, so they have a
vested interest in making sure it works well and is secure.

ok, you guys think its so easy to upload a virus to a linux distro,
then go ahead and upload one...

I wasn't saying it was - I was talking about someone who interviewed me for a job once. I disagree with that.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: fucking chinese balloon
By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Sun Feb 12 2023 05:33 pm

Years ago, I was looking for a job and I had a job interview at
one company where the interviewer asked what I thought about
Linux. I've always had a mostly positive view of Linux. He said
he thought Linux was basically inherently something you couldn't
trust because, since it's open-source, he thought anyone could go
in and put malware in it. And he said he trusted Windows more
because Windows is made by a small group of people who are paid
to develop it, so they have a vested interest in making sure it
works well and is secure.

<GRIN>

I'm thinking (hoping?) that maybe you didn't take that job... ;-)

From what I remember, I wasn't chosen for a job offer from them.

Nightfox

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Re: Re: fucking chinese balloon
By: Nightfox to John Guillory on Sun Feb 12 2023 06:12 pm

ok, you guys think its so easy to upload a virus to a linux distro, then go ahead and upload one...

I wasn't saying it was - I was talking about someone who interviewed me for a job once. I disagree with that.

john has the best security. he's not connectable. go nmap him.
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Re: Re: fucking chinese balloon
By: Nightfox to Gamgee on Sun Feb 12 2023 10:09 am

dude, opensource has been a security risk since it's been open
source.

Years ago, I was looking for a job and I had a job interview at one company where the interviewer asked what I thought about Linux. I've always had a mostly positive view of Linux. He said he thought Linux was basically inherently something you couldn't trust because, since it's open-source, he thought anyone could go in and put malware in it. And he said he trusted Windows more because Windows is made by a small group of people who are paid to develop it, so they have a vested interest in making sure it works well and is secure.

It turns out, MRO was that interviewer.

DaiTengu

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Re: Re: fucking chinese balloon
By: DaiTengu to Nightfox on Mon Feb 13 2023 07:59 am

group of people who are paid to develop it, so they have a vested interest in making sure it works well and is secure.

It turns out, MRO was that interviewer.

DaiTengu

dont be a fucking retard. i gave an example of how opensource is not safe, and was wideopen and even exploited by the nsa for 2 years.
There were plenty of contributers there stroking eachother's dicks but it took that long to catch it.

that is a fact.

There people that blindly believe something and then there's facts.
open source not safer than closed source if you look at the big picture.
it's not safe if people don't do their part as contributers and members of the community.
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Re: fucking chinese balloon
By: Ogg to Phigan on Sat Feb 11 2023 08:41 am

But I would imaging that it is hard
hide the functionality
of "master key" in open-source code.

There's nothing to hide. With a master
key, it would just act as the correct
private key.

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