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From: om@iki.fi (Otto J. Makela)
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Subject: Re: Do you use a password manager?
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Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

> With the source code available for free, it also means the hackers can
> more easily work out how to steal your information. Using open source
> or hacked pirated versions for anything even remotely to do with
> security is simply incredibly silly.

"Hacked pirated" versions aside, security by obscurity never works in
the long run.

The security of cryptosystems should depend on things like your key
management, not that nobody has got their hands on the source code.
Widely used systems like openssl are open source and better for it,
as they have open audits of how they are builts.

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