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Re:Copilot Edited an Ad into My PR by sehansen on Monday March 30, 2026 @07:54AM (#47573100)
"Reflections on Trusting Trust" for the new era. MSVC doesn't compile a secret master-password into your software, just a Copilot ad.

("Reflections on Trusting Trust" Turing Award Lecture by Ken Thompson: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rdriley/487/papers/Thompson_1984_Ref...)

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Re:Copilot Edited an Ad into My PR by le-mark on Monday March 30, 2026 @08:05AM (#47573181)
+1000 Everyone in technology should read this.
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