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XZ backdoor in a nutshell (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 77 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Half a second is a really, really long time.

[–] lurch 26 points 4 months ago (1 children)

reminds of Data after the Borg Queen incident

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Which ep/movie are you referring to?

[–] lurch 3 points 4 months ago

Star Trek: First Contact

[–] gravitas_deficiency 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The one where they go back in time but the whales were already nuked

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I... actually can't tell if you're taking the piss or if that's a real episode.

I have so many questions about the whales.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

If this exploit was more performant, I wonder how much longer it would have taken to get noticed.