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Ephemeral messaging application Wickr has opened up the core crypto software of its Wickr Professional app so others can review it. The repository is at GitHub. At this stage, the company is not offering the code for re-use. It's published under a purpose-written “review license” only, although the company says an open-source …

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  1. Anonymous Coward
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    So ...

    ... they want everyone to find their bugs for free ?

    Closed-source code without the advantage of 'Security through Obscurity', also giving the Dark Side the oppourtunity to find Zero Days for their State Actor overlords.

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    1. Dan 55 Silver badge
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      Re: So ...

      Isn't it more about giving the wider security community and people in general (those who don't audit code themselves but would like to know the opinion of the wider security community) trust in their product?

      They've already had a security audit so they're not going to be dishing up (too many) exploits on a plate to TLAs.

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