The Xz backdoor highlights all of the good things about open source projects and also all of the vulnerabilities and weirdness associated with relying on essentially random volunteers to build software that huge parts of the internet use
https://www.404media.co/the-xz-backdoor-highlights-the-vulnerability-of-open-source-software-and-its-strengths/
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