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In case you missed it: Bank info-stealing malware found in 90+ Android apps with 5.5M installs(mashable.com)

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hydroptic@sopuli.xyz
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Exactly. Neckbeards love to pretend open source magically has no security vulnerabilities, and that the ability to inspect the source means you’ll never install anything nefarious.

I expect all of them to have read the source for every single package they’ve ever installed. Oh and the Linux source too, of course

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steersman2484@sh.itjust.works
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Yes, opensource doesn’t magically fix all vulnerabilities. But it is for sure way better then closed source, where you don’t have a way of auditing the code

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Bezier@suppo.fi
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I have never seen anyone make that claim.

Lots of arguments saying it’s an improvement, but never that it magically fixes everything.

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jbk@discuss.tchncs.de
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Neckbeards love to pretend open source magically has no security vulnerabilities

Who does? Feels like you’re just talking about inexperienced “btw i use arch” kinda skiddies

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Autonomous User@lemmy.world
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Another classic lie. ‘Open source’ misses the point of libre software. Anti-libre software [malware] bans us [everyone else] from removing malicious source code.

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