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by bad_user 4228 days ago
A government institution does have the resources to review every single application they use, should they want to.

You're also missing that often BigCorp gets more involved in open-source than random individuals. Microsoft for example is said to be the fifth largest contributor for Linux 3.0, speaking of which Red Hat, IBM and Google are regulars and now Samsung too.

Fun fact, did you know that SELinux, one of the most advanced modules for access control, was originally developed by the NSA? Yup, a little ironic, but we can use it because it is open-source and because it has been reviewed.