muhyb@programming.dev to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 2 months agoIf it ain't broke, don't fix iti.ibb.coimagemessage-square117linkfedilinkarrow-up11.16Karrow-down113
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minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up60·2 months agoBy reverse engineering black box shit, then providing binaries everyone is just supposed to trust don’t also contain malware?
minus-squaredjdarren@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·2 months agoAnd those binaries are to fix the black box shit that is subject to alteration at any time, rendering them useless.
minus-squareteslekova@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 months agoYeah, because they usually don’t. One reason I started using Linux was that I started caring more about security. However, Windows tweaking apps never burned me.
By reverse engineering black box shit, then providing binaries everyone is just supposed to trust don’t also contain malware?
And those binaries are to fix the black box shit that is subject to alteration at any time, rendering them useless.
Yeah, because they usually don’t. One reason I started using Linux was that I started caring more about security. However, Windows tweaking apps never burned me.
Still