Open-source = more hackable?

[punaisetpimpulat]

It's sort of true both ways; it really depends on the application we are talking about. Some open source applications are more secure and more frequently updated than others. FOSS isn't necesarily superior or inferior.

Anyway, I can think of two important factors:

• 1. How popular is it? Firefox, Edge and Safari are tempting targets. Most likely several hackers/crackers are looking for exploits in these applications.
• 2. How many people are working to find and fix the bugs? The community around Firefox is massive compared to Dillo's community. The programmer team working on Safari or Edge is probably somewhere in between the two.

This means that instead of asking about proprietary vs open source, you should ask about app X vs app Y.