The good thing about open source is that I don’t have to necessarily do that as there’s a big community behind it. The thing that itches me is that even if I would, I couldn’t be able to in the case of Sync.
To answer your question, not too long ago, and it did not require too much time. I could see what libraries were imported thanks to a tool and decided it was likely not sketchy.
I’m pretty sure I heard a story about an open source Minecraft hack client that was openly stealing discord authentication tokens, and nobody noticed for weeks because the only people who check the source code are people who plan on modifying it
Whens the last time you personally checked the source code of an app?
The good thing about open source is that I don’t have to necessarily do that as there’s a big community behind it. The thing that itches me is that even if I would, I couldn’t be able to in the case of Sync.
To answer your question, not too long ago, and it did not require too much time. I could see what libraries were imported thanks to a tool and decided it was likely not sketchy.
I’m pretty sure I heard a story about an open source Minecraft hack client that was openly stealing discord authentication tokens, and nobody noticed for weeks because the only people who check the source code are people who plan on modifying it