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oftenwrong on Feb 14, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon Chime

Closed source is an ironclad guarantee that the source cannot be audited independently.

falcolas on Feb 14, 2017 | [–]

And yet companies hire out security audits on a regular basis, frequently as a part of their contracts.

Even Windows has source available, if you pay for the pleasure.

794CD01 on Feb 14, 2017 | [–]

How much more secure does a theoretical audit that never actually happens make you?

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