European Union Should Finance Key Open Source Projects, Says "Mass Surveillance" Study

Posted by hanuca on Apr 24, 2015 5:23 AM EDT
Softpedia; By Marius Nestor
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According to a new "Mass Surveillance" study, a group of IT security experts think that the European Union should finance key open source projects that strengthen privacy and security, and configure certification schemes for fundamental open source tools.



The study suggests that in addition to funding key open source projects, the European Union should also finance regular bug hunts, where independent hackers and security researchers can gather together and try to find and fix security issues in major open source tools.

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