Comment by jl2718

4 years ago

I would check their ties to nation-state actors.

In closed source, nobody would even check. Modern DevOps has essentially replaced manual code review with unit tests.

I don't understand why this isn't a more widely-held sentiment. There's been instance after instance of corporate espionage in Western companies involving Chinese actors in the past 2 decades.

Yeah, state-actor scale sabotage was one of my first thoughts. And it gives me no joy to contemplate it.

Secondly, the researcher’s attitude sounds high and mighty - making process improvement suggestions when their own ethical compass is in question. Their “experiment” was “what would happen if...”. Well, bans happen. If one starts a fight don’t get indignant over a bloody nose, lol