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Ridiculous argument that the attack on a centralised repository system means we need to decentralise further and throw all our eggs into one centralised commercial basket. As if commercial software is the answer to digital security. @timeshighered/1748401216583815566Permalink On Internet Archive
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Proprietary software is less secure! Anyone can review the security flaws in open source software and suggest improvements. The software becomes the best it can be through transparency. Proprietary software, and the author of this article, mistakes closedness for security.Permalink On Internet Archive
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Flaws in commercial proprietary software can go unnoticed for years and users will never know because the commercial provider are under no obligation to tell them. You may have heard of a software issue that the Post Office had that Fujitsu didn't disclose...Permalink On Internet Archive
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I'm going to be frothing about the Times Higher publishing a pro-single-point-of-failure piece all day.On Internet Archive