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Has anybody ever found malicious code intentionally put in open-source
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Has anybody ever found malicious code intentionally put in open-source software?
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>>53482682
I put malicious code in open-source for a living.
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>>53482682
all open-sore code is malicious, intentionally or not.
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Wasn't Transmission 2.90 on OSX recently infected with malware?
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>>53482755
Well OSX is already malware so that doesn't count
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>>53482773
wat

ok
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>>53482715
M$ or LEA?
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>>53482845
Neither.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/11/07/linux_kernel_backdoor_blocked/
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There was that whole Chromium thing.
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>>53482682
linux mint was rekt a few weeks ago
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*someone slips in some remote execution code into open source project*

*isnt noticed*

*1900000 people download it*

*join the botnet and get hacked*

*nobody knows*

*until someone audits the source completely, looking for exploits*

*which rarely happens in your shovelware open sores project*

*youve all been FUCKED!*

*HAHAHAHHAHA*
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>>53483214
>*isnt noticed*
ya, rite
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>>53483214
>what are merge and pull requests

unless youre using rajeesh ubuntu repo, you ll be okay using the official ones
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>>53482682
Pic related.
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Does anyone have that post where OP claimed to have submitted malicious code to firefox?
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>>53483214
>not being able to greentext
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>>53484549
>[email protected]
Lel
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>>53484549
MS submits a ton to the kernel, mostly for comparability with HyperV. Yeah, we already know the NSA made SELinux too, no need to shitpost
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