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𝗧𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 *𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

Bullying in Open Source Software Is a Massive Security Vulnerability

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Bullying in Open Source Software Is a Massive Security Vulnerability

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𝗧𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 *𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛@slrpnk.net to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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The Xz backdoor and a near miss on the F-Droid app store show how the entitled attitude of some people in the open source community can be used to push malicious or insecure code.
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    Most developers are on the spectrum

    What? That’s a pretty bold claim to make. Got any sources on those numbers?

    I just did some googling and the only number I could find came from stackoverflow showing some info on the people who use the site from a few years ago.

    2.6% of the users who use use stackoverflow stated they were on the spectrum.

    https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019?utm_source=so-owned&utm_medium=announcement-banner&utm_campaign=dev-survey-2019

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      Completely a meme answer. IT workers including software devs in the past were seen as nerdy loner types

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      I think most people who are “on the spectrum” are undiagnosed, this survey asked about diagnosed autism.

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        And that’s pretty close to the average in the population of 1 in 36, or 2.8%.

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