hamburgheftig@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoOpen source maintainers are feeling the squeezewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1162arrow-down13cross-posted to: hackernews
arrow-up1159arrow-down1external-linkOpen source maintainers are feeling the squeezewww.theregister.comhamburgheftig@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoIt’s also a security risk. Wasn’t there just a recently discovered backdoor in some widely used library that was put there by someone who fooled a burned out/depressed maintainer?
minus-squareSMillerNL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoYes, XZ the compression library that everyone uses.
It’s also a security risk. Wasn’t there just a recently discovered backdoor in some widely used library that was put there by someone who fooled a burned out/depressed maintainer?
Yes, XZ the compression library that everyone uses.