Worried about the security of Linux and open-source code, Google is sponsoring a pair of full-time developers to work on Linux security and builds code from its own repositories rather than downloading binaries – but the pace at which code is being added to Linux means it cannot keep up. Open-source security team lead Dan Lorenc spoke to The Register about its approach and why it will not use pre-built binaries, despite their convenience.

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