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Re:Faker.js is now a community controlled project by viraptor on Sunday January 16, 2022 @10:40PM (#29963096)
> used his free account with intent to harm others, just as surely as if he backdoored his code

There's a huge difference between displaying a message and going in an endless loop and backdooring as in providing an alternative access to control a system you're not supposed to have access to. Words have meaning. This wasn't a backdoor.

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Re:Faker.js is now a community controlled project by leshenka on Sunday January 16, 2022 @11:19PM (#29963271)
There is a difference between robbery and burglary.
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Re:Faker.js is now a community controlled project by labster on Monday January 17, 2022 @12:42AM (#29963683)
There’s a difference between a simile and a metaphor too, but GP is ignoring the fact I used one of those entirely.
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