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0 pointsAeroNotix1y ago0 comments

Pure speculation but my guess is a specific state actor ahem is looking for developers innocently working with open source to then strongarm them into doing stuff like this.

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dec0dedab0de1y ago

Or hiring them to do it for years without telling them why until they need a favor.

Bulat_Ziganshin1y ago

many people are patriots of their countries. if state agency would approach them proposing to have paid OSS work and help their country to fight terrorism/dictatorships/capitalists/whatever-they-believe, they will feel like killing two birds with one job

kelseydh1y ago

While this seems plausible, it is notable that this person seems to be anonymous from the get go. Most open source maintainers are proud of their work and maintain publicly available personas.

account421y ago

While I don't doubt there are people who would gladly do this work for money/patriotism/whatever, adding a backdoor to your own project isn't really reconcilable with the motivations behind wanting to do OSS work.

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