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		Tuna-Fish on April 1, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almo... It would be a terrible idea to release such a decoy, because it is now creating massive amounts of scrutiny on other libraries.

c0wb0yc0d3r on April 1, 2024 [–]

That could be the point...

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