• jas0n@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    xz attack was an open source attack and it would be silly to assume that it was unique.

          • jas0n@lemmy.world
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            6 days ago

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            Moreover, the claim that they can harm the software is unwarranted because it is OPEN and many eyes are on it.

            The xz attack was an intentional backdoor put into a project that was “OPEN and many eyes are on it.” Also, it was discovered due to the way it was executing and not because someone found it in the source. The original assumption has been proven wrong.

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              4 days ago

              Oh, yep I didn’t see that. Though definitely more eyes are on Linux than were on xz