not trustworthy per se but maybe less overworked and inclined to review code more hastily, or less tired and inclined to have the worse judgement that makes such a project more vulnerable to stuff like this.

these people maintain the basis of our entire software infrastructure thanklessly for us in between the full time jobs they need to survive, this has to change.

as for trust in foss projects, the community will often notice bad faith code just like they just did (and very quickly this time, i might add!)