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Bullying in Open Source Software Is a Massive Security Vulnerability (www.404media.co)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

~~I mean you can see the source code. You'll know if anyone does something weird if you have two braincells.~~

Edit: Clown here move along.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're manually reviewing the entire code of every open source product you use? Manually reviewing the code at every commit of every open source software you use?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nope, I'm just a clown who doesn't actually work in tech.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I forgot it wasn't any of my business to ask. My bad

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I can't tell if you're joking but if you are that's hilarious

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Oh shit I must've said something really dumb now.

(I wasn't joking).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

It's not a dumb point so much as just naive -- and its the lesson we learned from the xz backdoor.

Sure the source code is out there for anyone to see, but are the right people actually looking?