Kit BashirMar 30, 2024

So if I’m reading this¹ correctly a three year deep-cover operation to backdoor the entire planetary infosphere was blown because one person noticed that their tests suddenly ran a fraction of a second slower?

This is some “do you remember where you were back in 2024 when you first heard about…” level shit.

¹ https://boehs.org/node/everything-i-know-about-the-xz-backdoor

Everything I know about the XZ backdoor

Please note: This is being updated in real-time. The intent is to make sense of lots of simultaneous discoveries

Show threadtim_wMar 30, 2024
@Unixbigot the minute anomaly and a curious person who won't stop digging has echoes of #thecookoosegg
Show threadKit Bashir
@tim_w yeah, I read that book in 1989, the year before I even encountered the Internet.
Mar 30, 2024 at 8:15amWeb