cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/30846701
The question is simple. I wanted to get a general consensus on if people actually audit the code that they use from FOSS or open source software or apps.
Do you blindly trust the FOSS community? I am trying to get a rough idea here. Sometimes audit the code? Only on mission critical apps? Not at all?
Let’s hear it!
Click file “Yup, looks like code all right”
I don’t really care about low quality code as long as its still the best tool for the job. I blindly trust that any malicious code in popular sofware would quickly be called out.
The more niche, the more likely I feel like first investigating what exactly it does before i download.
Realistically i would probably not be able to tell without consulting an llm though.