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Trust Protocols
Entry #0877
The reason open code is trusted by people who never read it
Open-source is trusted as if inspected, but almost no user reads the code, so the trust rests on the mere possibility of review rather than any review performed.
Adept
The hidden part
#0877
Open code can be checked; that is not the same as checked. When everyone trusts the eyes of others, no eyes are on the code at all.