When transparency is also obscurity: The conundrum that is open-source security

Open-source software (OSS) has a lot of advocates. After all, why would we continuously try and write code that solves problems that others have already solved? Why not share the knowledge and gradually and incrementally improve existing open-source solutions? These egalitarian ideals are arguably central to civilization itself – never mind software – but also contain underlying tensions that have been a challenge for generations. The pros and cons of OSS The challenge of OSS … More →

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