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@tired_n_bored @Stuka, the bad thing of FOSS is when it don't have a great community and an active developement, then it's also open for hackers. A normal user can't check if a somewhat bigger app has a dangerous script or an security hole, even if he has the source code. Nobody check it, not even devs, except if they want to fork it, less users which are convinced that it's synonym of security and privacy, it isn't, it's not the sense and proposit of FOSS.
Expl of a FOSS
https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/60a309e91ba1039c3527053867e0e210ff2e18628a01acc264d82430e6436889/detection
True, but we're talking about clients here. If hackers want to hack Lemmy they wouldn't be able to do that by looking at the source code of, let's say, Jerboa.
In general your observation is right tho, but still, I like to have control over my software. We all have different point of views and it's totally okay to live according to them, especially when it comes to something as shallow as which apps and programs to use.
I'd like to add that if a piece of software is vulnerable, it is vulnerable regardless of its openness. Surely hackers would have a more difficult time when it's closed, but it's a matter of time before it'll be exploited.
@tired_n_bored, I also prefer FOSS, but as I say, it's very important to control which, it's risky to use FOSS if it's outdated, unatended and lacks an active community. In this case I prefer an alternative of a small startup, even if it isn't FOSS. F.Exampl one of my favorite is this one, a hobby project of 2 electricians
https://www.ssuitesoft.com/categories/webapps.htm
Avoiding only proprietary soft of big corporations which create incomming with surveillance advertising, profiling the user to sell this data.
Absolutely ๐
@tired_n_bored, most secure if a FOSS is selfhosted, but only if you have and use an own server, for a lot of user because of this, it isn't an option when they don't have the needed trust to a third party server.
Anyway, it's very important, something nobody does, except me, to read the PP and TOS of a product, there are often bad surprises, independent if it's FOSS or not.