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BarHocker@discuss.tchncs.de to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 1 month ago

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

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

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BarHocker@discuss.tchncs.de to Open Source@lemmy.ml · 1 month ago
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Her blog post: https://bitowl.online/about Link to the post in the screenshot: https://social.coop/@cwebber/116249815879392312

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      Ever since the invention of open source. Even industry standards such as the original RSA were intentionally ratfucked by malicious state actors.

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      The XZ thing was almost certainly some nation state actor, imo.

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

          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoag03mSuXQ

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      Yes check the XZ Utils situation from like 2024

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      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

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