09-12-2017, 03:44 AM
Like Jerry mentioned, its impossible to go trough every line of code in an OS for verification. The time it would take, the OS would be years behind technology and useless.
I'm pretty sure, involuntary security holes are a bigger concern than voluntary spy wares or user information gathering sub-programs... well except for Windows 10, wink, wink.
That being said, like any program, once a piece of code makes it trough QA, it's released. Being patched and corrected during it's life cycle.
Same goes for a lot of things that are scarier like car manufacturer recalls or how the post or duty office can only check 1-5% of packages going trough.
Even NASA can have bad and really bad days. And don't check too much about food companies and what goes into food itself.
It's similar to when someone asks me how they can be 100% safe on the Internet, I tell them, "You can't be 100% safe on the Internet! It's like asking to be 100% safe when driving on the highway." You have to assume the risks versus the benefits and utility of the technology.
Even not on the road, the most secure car can be broken into and stolen. You could always up your security, having a guard dog inside can be discouraging,
pouring cement over it would be a great theft deterant. 99.9% secure but also 99.9%useless.
Getting back to OSes I prefer an open community where others can verify but also contribute, compared to a closed OS that can do whatever they want and patch things when they see fit or when facing public pressure. If you want the community to be able to check all parts your OS and programs, maybe staying away from closed source third party programs, drivers and extensions. In other words staying in the "libre" side of softwares.
Personnaly, I tried Libre-only, but since I play games on Linux also, when you get to recent nVidia videocard drivers, propriatary ones are so much faster (sorry Linus Torvalds).
Cheers!
- TheDead (TheUxNo0b)
I'm pretty sure, involuntary security holes are a bigger concern than voluntary spy wares or user information gathering sub-programs... well except for Windows 10, wink, wink.
That being said, like any program, once a piece of code makes it trough QA, it's released. Being patched and corrected during it's life cycle.
Same goes for a lot of things that are scarier like car manufacturer recalls or how the post or duty office can only check 1-5% of packages going trough.
Even NASA can have bad and really bad days. And don't check too much about food companies and what goes into food itself.
It's similar to when someone asks me how they can be 100% safe on the Internet, I tell them, "You can't be 100% safe on the Internet! It's like asking to be 100% safe when driving on the highway." You have to assume the risks versus the benefits and utility of the technology.
Even not on the road, the most secure car can be broken into and stolen. You could always up your security, having a guard dog inside can be discouraging,
pouring cement over it would be a great theft deterant. 99.9% secure but also 99.9%useless.
Getting back to OSes I prefer an open community where others can verify but also contribute, compared to a closed OS that can do whatever they want and patch things when they see fit or when facing public pressure. If you want the community to be able to check all parts your OS and programs, maybe staying away from closed source third party programs, drivers and extensions. In other words staying in the "libre" side of softwares.
Personnaly, I tried Libre-only, but since I play games on Linux also, when you get to recent nVidia videocard drivers, propriatary ones are so much faster (sorry Linus Torvalds).
Cheers!
- TheDead (TheUxNo0b)
- TheDead (TheUxNo0b)
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