[Discuss] Is open source more secure at the current level of AI?

[Rich Pieri]

On Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:08:37 -0700
Kent Borg <kentborg at borg.org> wrote:

> 1. Open source means bad guys can look at the source, this is a real 
> risk for open source.

This is the false dichotomy that the "proprietary is more secure"
argument hinges on. Bad guys *can* see the source code for proprietary
software, too. It "just" takes some extra steps to do it -- but the
reward for taking those extra steps can be *write* access to the
source, not just read.

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