cyrano@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-215 days agoZen browser had a backdoor enabled by defaultgithub.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up110file-text
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minus-square_cryptagion [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days ago I thought it just allowede easier debugging, sorry What the fuck, this dude is making a browser and he doesn’t know what shit in the code he’s shipping even does?
minus-squarelazynooblet@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·15 days agoNot really an excuse but I expect writing a browser is an extremely intensive project and perhaps they were unprepared. Navigating any code base that isn’t your own adds it’s own challenge on top. So at this point I think it’s a “deer in headlights” case with some “head in sand” thrown in.
What the fuck, this dude is making a browser and he doesn’t know what shit in the code he’s shipping even does?
Not really an excuse but I expect writing a browser is an extremely intensive project and perhaps they were unprepared.
Navigating any code base that isn’t your own adds it’s own challenge on top.
So at this point I think it’s a “deer in headlights” case with some “head in sand” thrown in.
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