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TheBlackAdder

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2. Most of your Open-Source Software is malware or infused with vulnerabilities and back doors.
Mon Dec 21, 2020, 06:52 PM
Dec 2020

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Many in IT were saying how secure Open-Source Software is because many people review the code, when in reality everyone assumes other people are reviewing it and most of the people detecting vulnerabilities are hackers, nation-state actors and the occasional college academic.

On top of that, hackers have infiltrated most of the Open-Source projects to inject their vulnerabilities.

So, when people grab that free piece of software, thinking they are saving money, they are really just opening up their systems for intrusion and abuse.

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