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		hiddencost on June 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to get root access to your Sleep Number bed Open source is auditable, and tends to get fixed.

BadHumans on June 30, 2024 [–]

I don't think you can say it tends to get fixed because you don't know the ratio between the number of vulnerabilities and the ones that get fixed. Closed source can also be audited. Auditing code for companies is an entire business model.

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