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Re:“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose” by cedilla on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @09:39AM (#26889519)
To be fair, the consequences of unethical research in medicine or psychology can be much more dire than what happened here.
Re:“They introduce kernel bugs on purpose” by pmiller2 on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @01:03PM (#26892320)
Perhaps more dire than what actually happened, but, can you imagine the consequences if any of those malicious patches had actually stuck around in the kernel? Keep in mind when you think about this that Android, which has an 87% market share globally in smartphones[0] runs on top of a modified Linux kernel.

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[0]: https://www.statista.com/statistics/272307/market-share-fore...