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AMD Open-Source GPU Kernel Driver Above 5 Million Lines, Entire Linux Kernel At 34.8 Million (www.phoronix.com)
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[–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

It's open source. If there were backdoors people would've noticed.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Open source code isn’t immune to exploits. It’s impossible to exhaustively test every interaction in massive code bases for unintended behavior.

    The upside of open source is that a well intentioned person might find a vulnerability and get it fixed. Up until then it might be someone’s 0 day.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You're talking about exploits. They were talking about backdoors. The are not the same thing.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Open source code isn’t immune to backdoors. It’s impossible to exhaustively test every interaction in massive code bases for unintended behavior.

    The upside of open source is that a well intentioned person might find a backdoor and get it fixed. Up until then it might be someone’s backdoor.

    Better?

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