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Re:Faker.js is now a community controlled project by colejohnson66 on Sunday January 16, 2022 @11:49PM (#29963426)
The term is derived from the ancient Trojan Horse. It doesn’t have to involve security breaches because the only requirement is a breach of trust through deceit.
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Re:Faker.js is now a community controlled project by torstenvl on Monday January 17, 2022 @01:03AM (#29963786)
> It doesn’t have to involve security breaches

Then it isn't a Trojan. By definition.

"A malicious security-breaking program that is disguised as something benign"

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