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Can I just point out I find it hilarious reading about all the people debating how amateur it was to put the password into the code in plaintext was... all whil
by tw04 11y ago
Can I just point out I find it hilarious reading about all the people debating how amateur it was to put the password into the code in plaintext was... all while ignoring the fact that this backdoor survived for 3 YEARS of code reviews? Obviously the way it was implemented was ingenious, and it likely far surpassed whoever put it there's wildest expectations.
- BinaryIdiot 11y ago> ignoring the fact that this backdoor survived for 3 YEARS of code reviews While I don't disagree with the rest of your comment it's possible that this portion of the code was only reviewed once (if at all) during the entire 3 years whereas your comment makes it sound like it was constantly reviewed over the period of 3 years.
- 7952 11y agoI wonder if it would be better to treat this as a technical defect that needs to be detectable at compile time through something like static analysis.