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Ventoy source code contains some unknown BLOBs, still no word on the issue from the dev after months (github.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I had no idea this issue had been identified. While I find this tool very useful, the project is seeming rather questionable to me now.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Hey guys open source is great you can look at all the code and therefore there are no security backdoors etc. Also here are a bunch of pre-compiled blobs in the repo, don't worry about those, but they are required to run the program.

[–] [email protected] 91 points 2 months ago

The fact that people know there are pre-compiled blobs in open source means they have an informed reason to avoid the software!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

Right, the fact that it's open is the reason this came to light, and we're having this discussion