Re: [tor-talk] Non-free country law preventing Tor from getting donations

[Juan <juan.g71@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 16 Jun 2014 09:00:24 +0200
Öyvind Saether <oyvinds@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > Ordinary people do not know this word "code" (especially open
> > source). They believe that the piper calls the tune. And in fact it
> > is very difficult to argue with such a statement without falling
> > into the technical details ("code is open")
> 
> "code is open" means NOTHING, so sorry - just look at OpenSSL.

	exactly. 


> 
> That "open code" is somehow safe is a completely false myth. It is
> very easy to insert "bugs" that result in huge security holes into
> any "open code" project and we have seen more than enough examples of
> this to keep wearing blinders and pretend that "the code is
> available" means that the code is safe.
> 
> "code is audited" means a tiny bit more. I would really like to see
> some truly independent audit. Such an audit could (like Tor itself) be
> funded using cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin so that governments can not
> easily prevent donations.

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