hamburgheftig@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoOpen source maintainers are feeling the squeezewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.ml
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkOpen source maintainers are feeling the squeezewww.theregister.comhamburgheftig@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: opensource@lemmy.ml
minus-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 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-up0·3 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.