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I guess that depends on your level of paranoia. If Russian intelligence services have access to the repos, they could put malicious code into nginx.
by red_trumpet 3y ago
I guess that depends on your level of paranoia. If Russian intelligence services have access to the repos, they could put malicious code into nginx.
- 5e92cb50239222b 3y agoIt has belonged to an American company called F5 for years now. You should look for those evil Russians under your bed, I hear they like to hide there too.
- nurettin 3y agoThose are probably the good Russians, hiding from the evil ones.
- foverzar 3y agoThat's kind of racist, tbh.
- nurettin 3y agoRussian is not a race, but if it makes you uncomfortable, replace with whatever nationality you like.
- foverzar 3y ago"Nationalistic" maybe? Antisemitism is often referred to as "racism" and the specific domain of the word "Russian" is varied from person to person, so thanks for nitpick I guess? In any case, I was referring to that specific "evil ${ethnicity/nationality/culture}" trope, tracing back to the day when Belarus and Ukraine had also been referred to as "Russians". So, maybe not technically "racism", but I lack a better word. > replace with whatever nationality you like. It has a ring of "evil Jews" to it. That's the replacement placeholder I use as a benchmark of whether something is appropriate to say out-loud.
- lionkor 3y agoI went to Russia during the war multiple times, lived with Russians in their homes, ate their food, talked to them - and obviously committed my code and worked on my projects with their internet. I used their delivery service(s), their taxi service, use their music streaming service, and so on. Not ONCE have I had any negative experience, invasion of my privacy, with any russian product. The only negativity I experienced was caused by services I pay for (as a German) being blocked because I was in Russia. I strongly urge people to reconsider that the Russian people are not evil, and that Russian intelligence services do not give a fuck about random people using services in Russia. Now consider that Nginx is not in Russia, its open source, and quickly it becomes clear that this whole discussion is motivated only by a boogie-man type fearmongering and nothing else. You should be much more afraid of any tech that isnt open source, that you use, than this. Apologies for the tone - I am just very sick and tired of this kind of talk, and as a German it reminds me of what we read in our own history books about inducing fear based on where one is from.