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Do you actually audit open source projects you download? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml to c/cybersecurity@sh.itjust.works

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/30846707

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?

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[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 week ago

If it's something that is not very popular/known I do actually look at the code, but never all of it.

I check:

most recent commits
for something that might have been hidden before one of the releases
deeper into utility files
look for suspicious patterns in code that might be trying to hide something. Mostly for/in external network call related code

This is of course very superficial and in general I try to avoid obscure projects that are not popular and well known.