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Why Powerful But Hard To Detect #Backdoors Could Become A Routine Problem For #OpenSource Projects Because Of AI - techdirt.com/2025/09/04/why-po… it's the Nebraska problem, but now with added evil #AI #security

Why Powerful But Hard To Detect Backdoors Could Become A Routine Problem For Open Source Projects Because Of AI

Last year, Andres Freund, a Microsoft engineer, spotted a backdoor in xz Utils, an open source data compression utility that is found on nearly all versions of GNU/Linux and Unix-like operating sys…
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Old Fucking Punk
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Old Fucking Punk
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I think the comments are as insightful as the article. I wonder if #Techrights will exhibit this article as FUD against free software.
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If we are heading for a Rampant Botnet Ecology then let it be Orphaned as early as possible.
#Anathem #ROBE #SciFi #SF
#scifi #sf #robe #anathem
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