BarHocker4d ago

Kind and cherished FOSS and computing freedom advocate @sleepyowl (Joyce Ng) has gone missing

https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/56815962

Show threadNGC2346
We are starting to attract evil attention that sees FOSS as an obstacle to their desired surveillance state worldwide. This is why they’re infiltrating open source projects and kidnapping others.
Mar 18 at 6:56pmWeb
Show threadageedizzle4d ago

This is why they’re infiltrating open source projects

Are they infiltrating open source projects too now?

Show threadayyy4d ago
Ever since the invention of open source. Even industry standards such as the original RSA were intentionally ratfucked by malicious state actors.
Show threadrbos4d ago
The XZ thing was almost certainly some nation state actor, imo.
Show threadageedizzle4d ago
Whats the XZ thing? Im out of the loop
Show thread☂️-4d ago
some rando gained the trust of the xz maintainer and tried to sneak in a very sophisticated backdoor. luckily caught, but i wonder if we had another project compromised and don’t even know about it.
Show threadBilb!4d ago

If you have an hour, this video from Veritasium about it is pretty good.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoag03mSuXQ

The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew

YouTube
Show threaddegen4d ago

The Nix project has some unfortunate support that made it’s way to some level of influence if I’m not mistaken. Its sort of like enshitification 2.0 but with fascism instead of money.

Inb4 WhAtStHeDiFfErEnCe

Show threadNGC23464d ago
Yes check the XZ Utils situation from like 2024