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@ -31,10 +31,13 @@ of this extremely flawed movement.</p>
<br>
<p>The
<a class="body-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software"
>FOSS</a> movement is an attempt to regain privacy and control over our
devices and data, but the entire concept of FOSS-only, at the current time,
is severely, and dangerously, flawed. What the FOSS community does not seem
to understand is the fact that most FOSS software cares not about
>FOSS</a> movement is an attempt to regain
<a class="body-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy"
>privacy</a> and
<a class="body-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_(psychology)"
>control</a> over our devices and data, but the entire concept of FOSS-only, at
the current time, is severely, and dangerously, flawed. What the FOSS community
does not seem to understand is the fact that most FOSS software cares not about
<a class="body-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security"
>security</a>.
"Security"; keep that word in mind as you progress through this article.
@ -42,10 +45,7 @@ What is security? Security is being safe and secure from adversaries and
unwanted consequences; security protects our rights and allows us to
protect ourselves. Without security, we have no protection, and without
protection, we have a lack of certainty of everything else, including
<a class="body-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy"
>privacy</a> and
<a class="body-link" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_(psychology)"
>control</a>, which is what the FOSS movement is seeking.</p>
privacy and control, which is what the FOSS movement is seeking.</p>
<br>
<p>FOSS projects rarely take security into account; they simply look at the
surface level, rather than the actual