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Lasse Collin, the other xz maintainer, has acknowledged the backdoor (tukaani.org)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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They haven't particularly made a comment on the situation so much as acknowledged it's happening. They seem to be going with the story that they had nothing to do with it and this is news to them. Hope to hear more from them soon so we can find out more about the situation, how and why this happened, etc.

(The sceptical tone isn't because of disbelief of Collin, it's because we don't know enough about the situation to be able to say Collin is or isn't telling the truth here.)

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[–] [S] 47 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I agree with that assessment, I'm not accusing Collin of anything. If it is what it seems to be then I feel very bad for him. Just being cautious with wording until things are more settled/until we know more is all.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 years ago

    I just made a similar comment in another thread here:

    I read a lot about how we should double, triple check all the code. But what we shouldn't forget is to check up on our people too.

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