Comment by Spooky23
4 years ago
You're still in a better position with open source. The same thing happens in closed source companies.
See: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-security-siliconvalle...
"As U.S. intelligence agencies accelerate efforts to acquire new technology and fund research on cybersecurity, they have invested in start-up companies, encouraged firms to put more military and intelligence veterans on company boards, and nurtured a broad network of personal relationships with top technology executives."
Foreign countries do the same thing. There are numerous public accounts of Chinese nationals or folks with vulnerable family in China engaging in espionage.
The principal researches appear to be alumni of mainland China schools.
Plus, wouldn't it be much easier to do this under the guise of equality with some quickly thought up trash contract enforced on all developers?
One might even say that while this useless attack is taking place, actual people with lifelong commitment to open source software and user freedom get taken out by the "NaN" flavour "NaN" koolaid of the week.
Soon all that is left that is legal to say is whatever is approved by the "NaN" board. Eventually the number 0 will be found to be exclusionary or accused of "NaN" and we will all be stuck coding unary again.