the safety of gnupg

[Tim <ignored_mailbox yahoo com au>]

I've just been reading some rather silly things about gnupg except for
one practical point:  Who has actually checked the source code for it to
see whether it's trustworthy, etc?

And, of course, the next thing would be:  Who would they be that we
could trust them, too?  After a bit of Googling around, I'm darned if I
can find out, nor think of the right terms to search for.

Naturally, this extends to other open-source programs.  Which ones do
get vetted?

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