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When you invite others to work on your software, they are effectively auditing it as they explore the codebase. Important software like major OS components and common dependencies get scrutinized more than usual. The stakes are higher, and security researchers try to attack this software and disclose their findings. Turns out that in computing, the best defense is a good offense. Now, unless you are doing all this yourself, you do ultimately need to trust other people and follow their recommendations for software as well as learn some basic security principles like minimizing complexity and threat modeling.