@hamburgheftig@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agoOpen source maintainers are feeling the squeezewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1161arrow-down12cross-posted to: opensource@lemmit.onlineopensource@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1159arrow-down1external-linkOpen source maintainers are feeling the squeezewww.theregister.com@hamburgheftig@feddit.org to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 8 months agomessage-square11fedilinkcross-posted to: opensource@lemmit.onlineopensource@lemmy.mlhackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareTimeSquirrellinkfedilink8•8 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-square@SMillerNL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•8 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.