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Feross Aboukhadijeh - Socket

Jan 16, 2024
Open source legend Feross Aboukhadijeh discusses his journey into open source, challenges of open source funding, and his company Socket. Socket aims to level up OSS security and can detect complex vulnerabilities using static and dynamic analysis. They delve into the world of open source security, including device identifiers, managing open source packages, controversial funding experiments, the risks of relying on code maintainers, and the importance of considering the software supply chain.
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