hamburgheftig@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoOpen source maintainers are feeling the squeezewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down13
arrow-up1161arrow-down1external-linkOpen source maintainers are feeling the squeezewww.theregister.comhamburgheftig@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square11linkfedilink
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 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-up4·3 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.