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An open source product I use is maintained by Russian devs. When Russia invaded Ukraine, they inserted code that caused the end user to see pop ups with the mes
by pyuser583 4y ago
An open source product I use is maintained by Russian devs. When Russia invaded Ukraine, they inserted code that caused the end user to see pop ups with the message “Stop the War in Ukraine.”
I’m not judging their actions. But it took us time to change the code to prevent this behavior.
For front line devs, the answer is to be aware of potential problems and react only when they occur.
Policy makers and security services need to be more proactive, but they shouldn’t be asking Hacker News.
- Sunspark 4y agoThey should be doing their job better. There has been a problem with Chinese citizens that go to work in Western high-end facilities and then return with all the IP they took with them. Whether nuclear, biological or industrial. This has happened enough times that it seems to be a pattern and it has been happening for a long time. I can't tell if it's complacence, incompetence, or fear of being called "racist" for expressing a concern so they just look the other way. Maybe it's a mix of all three.