Occasionally the question arises: Is Free Software more secure?
And what statement can be made about this, e.g. by the FSFE. My answer to this is:
Free Software has a higher chance of being secure.
No (less) spyware/adware Independance (from governments, firms, political groups, etc.) Transparence Peer-review (large peer review in fact) Less marketing constraints You can read the code (that's needed for security) You can fix the code. (vs you need a new editor version) Anybody can fix it. (vs editor can fix it) Public bugzilla (you know there are security bugs) ...