I work on a scientific project that is supossedly an "open source" project. In reality, it is really shared source. What it comes down to is users from the community reporting bugs and even submitting patches that are never incorporated into the code. The "czar" of the project often refuses to apply these fixes or doesn't do so in a timely manner. It just doesn't work and is just about as pointless as not having the source at all...
Every program we run has some kind of SPY thing with it.
Unfortunately for people like the person who made this general statement, privacy is probably unattainable.
Web privacy is possible. Open source encryption programs i.e. OpenSSH (Secure SHell) allow users to pore over the code for security holes. I download all of my mail with SSH connections to the individual mail servers (even my yahoo.com address). This is obvoiusly not a total security solution but it does keep employers, coffee shops, etc... from reading bits of my mail.
I just wanted to give an example of how your privacy fate is in your own hands...
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I work on a scientific project that is supossedly an "open source" project. In reality, it is really shared source. What it comes down to is users from the community reporting bugs and even submitting patches that are never incorporated into the code. The "czar" of the project often refuses to apply these fixes or doesn't do so in a timely manner. It just doesn't work and is just about as pointless as not having the source at all...
Unfortunately for people like the person who made this general statement, privacy is probably unattainable.
Web privacy is possible. Open source encryption programs i.e. OpenSSH (Secure SHell) allow users to pore over the code for security holes. I download all of my mail with SSH connections to the individual mail servers (even my yahoo.com address). This is obvoiusly not a total security solution but it does keep employers, coffee shops, etc... from reading bits of my mail.
I just wanted to give an example of how your privacy fate is in your own hands...