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Re:Faker.js is now a community controlled project by pydry on Monday January 17, 2022 @04:44AM (#29964899)
Breaking a build in a way that is trivially rolled back is not in the same league as pushing code that harvests email addresses, CCs and mines bitcoin.

I'm disappointed to see this kind of comparison made.

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Re:Faker.js is now a community controlled project by tptacek on Monday January 17, 2022 @10:35AM (#29967574)
Deliberately breaking people's applications? It's malware.
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Re:Faker.js is now a community controlled project by pydry on Monday January 17, 2022 @11:27AM (#29968220)
Appreciate it can be confusing to the layperson, but a build is not quite the same thing as an application.

A build will often reach out, download and install new and potentially breaking software components and it is part of its function to prevent breaking software components from reaching the application where it could cause material harm.

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