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Why would a company the size of tiktok want to depend on some open source project maintaining a URL? Would they be liable if it instead redirected to malware?
by mysterydip 5y ago
Why would a company the size of tiktok want to depend on some open source project maintaining a URL? Would they be liable if it instead redirected to malware?
- Sebb767 5y agoPossibly. But most likely there was a bug "crashing when DirectX is not installed" and some developer hacked a silent install for DirectX in without thinking too much.
- OmegaMetor 5y agoA OBS developer went into detail here [1] about how they figured this out. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29592103#29595349 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29592103#29595349
- adolph 5y ago> a company the size of tiktok Is made up of smaller teams composed of individuals who may or may not take shortcuts and make good decisions on behalf of their company. If the choice is between "executive said 'hey use this open source in secret'" or "programmer took shortcut," my bet is on the latter.
- mr_toad 5y agoAnd management never reads the code.