the xz backdoor was caught before it could be used

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Tyranthraxus posted...
It's not breaking news but it's not exactly stale either.
I guess that's true, my perspective is somewhat skewed by the sorts of people I hang around with (bunch of tech nerds). I had all my conversations related to this a week ago back when it was discovered. I think that's probably why you don't really see talk about it somewhere like here; it's sort of inscrutable to people without some tech background, and many of those who do have the tech background would be hearing about it more quickly in other channels.

The fact that it's not even a hack, it's just a thing that could have become a hack but didn't because they got caught first doesn't really make for an exciting story if you don't also uderstand some of the background info, the seriousness, the sorts of open-source culture involved, etc

THIS IS WHAT I HATE A BOUT EVREY WEBSITE!! THERES SO MUCH PEOPLE READING AND POSTING STUIPED STUFF