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by duxup 22 days ago
An example would be very interesting and yes explaining what they’re up to would be interesting as well.

Otherwise it sounds like a made up conspiracy theory….

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Your accusatory ignorance is not mine to relieve.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XZ_Utils_backdoor

That doesn’t seem to fit the scenario described earlier.

You don’t have to explain anything… that’s your call. A claim with nothing to support it doesn’t change either.

You need to work on your reading comprehension. I am not the parent.
For someone worried about other people being “accusatory” you seem to be that way a lot.
When something is only a few thousand dollars away from us in "the adjacent possible", I hardly think one needs to be a conspiracy theorist to suggest we consider it...?

I don't have the means to research, but certainly there would be ample resources for such an attack in certain spaces??? Manufacturing social signal is hugely valuable

I feel like governments have so many options for hacking that forking open source and dealing with all that is likely more work than whatever outcome they hope for.