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submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/30846701

The question is simple. I wanted to get a general consensus on if people actually audit the code that they use from FOSS or open source software or apps.

Do you blindly trust the FOSS community? I am trying to get a rough idea here. Sometimes audit the code? Only on mission critical apps? Not at all?

Let's hear it!

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[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Click file “Yup, looks like code all right”

I don’t really care about low quality code as long as its still the best tool for the job. I blindly trust that any malicious code in popular sofware would quickly be called out.

The more niche, the more likely I feel like first investigating what exactly it does before i download.

Realistically i would probably not be able to tell without consulting an llm though.

this post was submitted on 29 May 2025
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