muhyb@programming.dev to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 6 days agoIf it ain't broke, don't fix iti.ibb.coimagemessage-square106linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageIf it ain't broke, don't fix iti.ibb.comuhyb@programming.dev to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square106linkfedilink
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoBy reverse engineering black box shit, then providing binaries everyone is just supposed to trust don’t also contain malware?
minus-squareteslekova@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 days agoYeah, because they usually don’t. One reason I started using Linux was that I started caring more about security. However, Windows tweaking apps never burned me.
minus-squaredjdarren@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoAnd those binaries are to fix the black box shit that is subject to alteration at any time, rendering them useless.
By reverse engineering black box shit, then providing binaries everyone is just supposed to trust don’t also contain malware?
Yeah, because they usually don’t. One reason I started using Linux was that I started caring more about security. However, Windows tweaking apps never burned me.
And those binaries are to fix the black box shit that is subject to alteration at any time, rendering them useless.
Still