Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard
Researchers have checked 64,000+ GitHub projects, and found 117 vulnerabilities introduced through the use of code from popular programming tutorials.
Things like this are why I would never hire a professional programmer without an online portfolio of source code to check for Blatant Stupidity.
Source: https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2017/04/21/programming-tutorials-vulnerabilities/
(Score: 2) by bradley13 on Monday April 24 2017, @05:59AM (1 child)
I understand your point, but consider: Some programmers don't have time and/or interest to maintain a lot of open-source code just for the fun of it. Maintaining a lot of "perfect" code (and perfect by whose standard) is a lot of effort.
Everyone is somebody else's weirdo.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday April 24 2017, @04:32PM
Doesn't need to be a lot. Just needs to be enough to see examples of being able to keep from shooting yourself in the dick.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.