Editor settings are not much of a record if you just follow the projects code guidelines. ip-records with github are more of a problem, but I guess you can fake

Editor settings are not much of a record if you just follow the projects code guidelines. ip-records with github are more of a problem, but I guess you can fake those by using tor or any proxy. And to embed your malicious code over a series of innocent looking commits, have a look at the underhanded c contest: http://underhanded.xcott.com/ http://underhanded.xcott.com/ There are some true marvels, code that looks innocent as a baby but does malicious things. So yes, owning a server might be easier in some respects, but owning a project might own you a server you'd never get access to - a machine that runs behind a firewall e.g.