@NaiveBayesian
@programming.devAlmost 1% of US Americans are in prison? That sounds crazy high!
Edit: More recent data suggest it's around 531per 100,000 for the USA (https://www.prisonstudies.org/highest-to-lowest/prison_population_rate?field_region_taxonomy_tid=All), so more like 0.5%
Yes, important to keep in mind that software being open source doesn't automagically make it secure™.
Still, I think it's important to stress that the benefits of open source outweigh the risks when it comes to security (imho).
The thing is we only know about these vulnerabilities in such great detail because the projects are open source. God knows what kund of vulnerabilities are hidden in closed source software.
Whatever it takes to prove that √(log k/ε² + log log n) error bound with 95% probability – "probably almost correct" – what else do you need, really?