hamburgheftig@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoOpen source maintainers are feeling the squeezewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down12cross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1159arrow-down1external-linkOpen source maintainers are feeling the squeezewww.theregister.comhamburgheftig@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.ml
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 days 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-up2·4 days 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.