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Re:xz: A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects by barcist on Sunday March 31, 2024 @10:30AM (#39884613)
In a corporate proprietary code base this is REALLY easy. Just commit a bug. Happens every day, everywhere. Just that normally these are mistakes. You can easily mask a deliberately inserted exploitable bug as a mistake. Make the code a bit convoluted, leave out a crucial corner case from your test, slip this in in a moment when your code reviewers have time pressure and/or are stressed somehow, and even if you are caught, the plausible deniability is convincing. How many eyes will see it after the fact? None.

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