Relying on programs/services maintained by a single person?

I've noticed programs and services being recommended on this sub (and other security/privacy conscience areas of Reddit) even though they are created/maintained by single individuals. To me, this seems like a whole lot of trust is being placed on one persons shoulders.

* There's no reason to think these people have nefarious intentions, many of them regularly post to Reddit and seem like great people who have developed amazing tools. But people have run long term honeypots before eventually cashing …

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