&gt;&gt;That&#x27;s well beyond the remit of the OS developers who are only responsible for FreeBSD,<p>That is exactly the point the author is making by declaring that &quot;packages are not secure&quot;.  they are not maintained by the OS, but are distributed as &quot;official&quot; thus giving some users the illusion they are supported or &quot;in the remit&quot; of the OS Developers