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For one meaning of 'auditable by anyone', this is definitional for open-source systems.

Perhaps you mean 'if there's anyone with the domain-specific knowledge to audit the software successfully', well, the first kind of audit should determine that. If there isn't anyone who can evaluate the security claims, that's a pretty strong signal not to use it, no?



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