[Ajedi32]

I'm slowly coming around to the idea that closed source software was the original sin of the modern digital surveillance state.

Due to the fact that it can't easily be modified without the source, software is uniquely able to act against the interests of its owner in a way almost no other product can. Client side scanning wouldn't be viable if people could just install a mod that disables it, and remote attestation would be a much harder sell if the availability of such mods were expected.

Maybe software copyright should require releasing the source and build tools just like patents require releasing the design...