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Is open source software more secure or less secure ?
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<blockquote data-quote="Kongo" data-source="post: 934098" data-attributes="member: 59691"><p>Both have its advantages and disadvantages. In the mobile industry one reason why iOS often is considered more secure than Android is because it's closed source and hackers have a hard time finding vulnerabilities. Of course there are many other factors like the iOS sandbox that virtualizes every app in it's own virtual enviroment but thats not the topic now I guess. I wouldn't say that open source is necessarily more secure than closed source, however it makes the software more transparent and because of that more trustworthy. You also shouldn't only see the bad side of open source, cause there are not only bad people out there who try to exploit open source software. There are also people that report vulnerabilities in order to make the developer fix them as soon as possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kongo, post: 934098, member: 59691"] Both have its advantages and disadvantages. In the mobile industry one reason why iOS often is considered more secure than Android is because it's closed source and hackers have a hard time finding vulnerabilities. Of course there are many other factors like the iOS sandbox that virtualizes every app in it's own virtual enviroment but thats not the topic now I guess. I wouldn't say that open source is necessarily more secure than closed source, however it makes the software more transparent and because of that more trustworthy. You also shouldn't only see the bad side of open source, cause there are not only bad people out there who try to exploit open source software. There are also people that report vulnerabilities in order to make the developer fix them as soon as possible. [/QUOTE]
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