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Surveillance Report

Q&A: How Do We Know We Can Trust FOSS?

Jul 3, 2024
Discussions on trusting and not trusting FOSS, thoughts on biohacking, futureproofing threat models, and ISP data collection in the latest Surveillance Report podcast.
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Quick takeaways

  • Trusting FOSS involves assessing public teams, track record, community oversight, and security updates for enhanced trustworthiness.
  • Factors like community support, longevity, and peer reviews play vital roles in app trustworthiness when considering free software applications.

Deep dives

Evaluating Trustworthiness of Free Software

Determining the trustworthiness of free software, especially for custom ROMs or operating systems, involves considering factors like public teams, track record, community oversight, and security updates. Through assessing their privacy and security commitments, such software can offer a level of confidence, akin to proprietary software, but often with added transparency and potentially enhanced trustworthiness.

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