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submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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] 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

About as much as I trust other drivers on the road.

As in I give it the benefit of the doubt but if something seems off I take precautions while monitoring and if it seems dangerous I do my best to avoid it.

In reality it means that I rarely check it but if anything seems off I remove it and if I have the time and energy I further check the actual code.

My general approach is minimalism, so I don't use that many unknown/small projects to begin with.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

that is such a good analogy

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