[diggan]

> uninformed speculation, panic, reddit levels of baseless accusation, and harassment of the developers

To be fair, it seems like the only way of avoiding something like that is never saying anything publicly. The crowds of the internet eagerly jump into any drama, vague or not, and balloon it regardless.

[eddythompson80]

I remember when heartbleed was the big thing. There were many people digging into the person who committed the bug. Looking for where they lived, worked, and traveled. Many people were so desperate to find something to prove he was a spy.

If you google his name, 80% of the results are articles about how he denying doing that on purpose.