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𝗧𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 *𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 to Open [email protected]English • 1 year ago

Bullying in Open Source Software Is a Massive Security Vulnerability

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Bullying in Open Source Software Is a Massive Security Vulnerability

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The Xz backdoor and a near miss on the F-Droid app store show how the entitled attitude of some people in the open source community can be used to push malicious or insecure code.
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    What? Its literally a transparent supply chain, and therefore much safer than the supply chain of non-free software.

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      https://www.softwaremaxims.com/blog/not-a-supplier

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