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    [–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

    Closed Source is demonstrably less secure,

    Huge numbers of people are constantly testing and reworking open source security.

    Once closed source has a bad encryption found or accepts certain strings for SQL Queries, it becomes a feeding frenzy, and the people who set it up never put any counter measures in place because a small team never had any chance of approaching the vast well of human knowledge on security.

    Just look at the news: US Government Facility Hacked, Credit Company Hacked, Industrial Plant Hacked, Proprietary Vehicle Hacked, etc.

    [–] almost1337@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
    [–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

    But the joke stands on the premise that people would argue over it. We're all in agreeance that closed source is not more secure.

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    [–] DJDarren@thelemmy.club 6 points 1 week ago

    Bravo, OP, bravo.

    [–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)
    [–] Resol@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

    I still remember the iPad ad where this quote was mentioned and it... idk, it definitely feels a bit weird to me. I'm probably guessing there will be more people who will wonder what a computer is in the future.

    And that ad was from before iOS 11. I'm serious.

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    [–] satans_methpipe@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

    SOLARIS 8 IS BEST UNIX

    [–] Presi300@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    I mean, when we're talking about UNIX, yeah MacOS is probably one of the best...

    Linux ain't UNIX though...

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    [–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

    Account made two days go...

    Ok, madthumbs. Sure.

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