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Highly invasive backdoor snuck into open source packages targets developers
- mdaniel 3y agothe site guidelines state <https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html> that original sources are preferred over the hot-takes of hundreds of rando sites https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38195047 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38195047 also, "into open source PYTHON packages" would allow more targeted pearl-clutching
- halJordan 3y agoI think ars goes for fear of the unknown clickbaiting. Ars Technica really has relegated themselves into "hot take of a rando site" territory, which is unfortunate.