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by Lawtonfogle 3995 days ago
Most anyone interested in this story immediately jumped on the code thinking it was inserting files. Then a few software engineers took a look at the code and realize the file names were pretty much jokes. Now, everyone thinks it a joke that the tool inserts such material, when in reality it allows any user to insert any file they have, so the government (who has a collection of illegal files) can still use this to frame someone but any outrage over it has been dissipated.

I'm not saying it was intended to happen like this but it is sad it did.