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Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com... by progbits on Friday March 29, 2024 @06:02PM (#39869475)
Chain/web was typo, corrected, thanks.

I know of the key party issues. But there is some value to knowing how far removed from me and people I trust the project authors are.

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Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com... by msm_ on Friday March 29, 2024 @07:15PM (#39870093)
Nowadays i achieve this with linkedin[1] connections. Less nerd cred, but achieves roughly the same purpose (most of the people I care about in my niche are at most a 3rd degree connection - a friend of a friend of a friend).

[1] formerly also twitter, at least partially.

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Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com... by woodruffw on Friday March 29, 2024 @06:21PM (#39869621)
> But there is some value to knowing how far removed from me and people I trust the project authors are

That's true!

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