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Someone tried something similar but with higher risk: inserting security backdoors into the Linux kernel. They were caught and (AFAIK) their entire school was p
by kmeisthax 3y ago
Someone tried something similar but with higher risk: inserting security backdoors into the Linux kernel. They were caught and (AFAIK) their entire school was permabanned from sending pull requests.
- minetest2048 3y agoThis was also my thought. Search for hypocrite commits, and a link to an lwn article: https://lwn.net/Articles/853717/ https://lwn.net/Articles/853717/ . They did ban their whole school
- carbocation 3y agoThe department said they'd report their findings to the community[1]. I wonder if they ever did? 1 = https://cse.umn.edu/cs/statement-cse-linux-kernel-research-april-21-2021 https://cse.umn.edu/cs/statement-cse-linux-kernel-research-a...
- hakre 3y agoIsn't community plural? Perhaps they meant their own community but didn't say specifically which one?
- Pazzaz 3y agoIt's the other two links on that page: - https://cse.umn.edu/cs/open-letter-linux-community-april-24-2021 https://cse.umn.edu/cs/open-letter-linux-community-april-24-... - https://cse.umn.edu/cs/statement-computer-science-engineering-confirming-linux-technical-advisory-board-findings-may-9 https://cse.umn.edu/cs/statement-computer-science-engineerin...
- carbocation 3y agoThanks for pointing that out. That second link seems to close things out.
- hakre 3y agoAre you commenting about April of 2021 and do you mean the University of Minnesota? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26887670 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26887670 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26949539 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26949539 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26955414 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26955414