This was a nice line in an algorithmic tunnel of unreliable sources
from https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/05/07/1001469/facebook-youtube-plandemic-covid-misinformation/ -- rec -- On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 6:08 PM Marcus Daniels <[email protected]> wrote: > The long con would be to get a semi-trusted agent as a committer. > Someone that could appear to be a student or a bland mid-level employee but > is just playing that part. Being open source, it would be a simple matter > to anonymously clone it and study it for a while, advising their agent on > what apparently benign mistakes to make. (If the employee gets laid off > for some mistakes that makes it all the more plausible and their agent is > free and clear.) Then the sponsoring organization waits for that code to > spread into other organizations. With their bugs in place, they have a > period of exploitation before the bugs are identified. All it takes for > that is money and/or extortion. > > > > *From: *Friam <[email protected]> on behalf of Roger Critchlow < > [email protected]> > *Reply-To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Date: *Thursday, May 7, 2020 at 2:55 PM > *To: *The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > [email protected]> > *Subject: *Re: [FRIAM] (no subject) > > > > Right, https://www.git-scm.com/docs/git-blame - Show what revision and > author last modified each line of a file > > > > -- rec -- > > > > On Thu, May 7, 2020 at 5:19 PM Jon Zingale <[email protected]> wrote: > > Roger, > > > > You say, "It's already happened more than once. People, acting as if > they cared about the code have taken over existing projects when the > current developer loses interest. Then they modify the code so it does > something evil in addition to its original purpose, say stealing bitcoin > wallet credentials. Others have submitted packages which were one letter > typos for trusted packages, with the same sort of surprises hidden in them." > > > > Isn't this exactly why there is a git history? Version control exists, to > some extent, > > exactly so we can say who has done what and to what effect. > > > > Jonathan Zingale > > .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... > .... . ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > .-. .- -. -.. --- -- -..-. -.. --- - ... -..-. .- -. -.. -..-. -.. .- ... > .... . ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
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