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Switzerland mandates all software developed for the government be open sourced

Switzerland mandates software source code disclosure for public sector: A legal milestone

https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/new-open-source-law-switzerland

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#tech #libre

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[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago (20 children)

This makes me curious in the US on whether or not government app source code would be provided via a FOIA request.

[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 48 points 1 month ago (14 children)

You'd think so, but the answer is no. They've employed companies like Microsoft, Oracle, etc. to write up the security handbooks that says proprietary software is more secure. Heck, even electronic voting systems in the US is closed-source.

[–] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Heck, even electronic voting systems in the US is closed-source.

How can elections even be trusted to be fair in that case?

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think we're well past the open/closed discussion when hackers have repeatedly shown how easy it is to compromise the voting machines.

We know they're trash, it's not theory.

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