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to: Nick Andre
from: Andre Robitaille
date: 2022-05-06 09:17:00
subject: Re: Synchronet vs. Mystic

 NA> It likely stems from the same strawman argument that if its open-source,
 NA> its somehow "better" or "more secure". You see this all the time with real
 NA> Linux fanatics and they move the goalposts when asked if they will
 NA> personally audit all 250,000+ lines of that Linux kernel looking for
 NA> exploits. 

That's kind of a strawman too. Improving things by them being open source doesn't have to mean auditing every line of code.

I've personally submitted a few Synchronet issues because of oddities in the code that were then patched. 


- Andre
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