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ELI5: The Linux xz backdoor situation (pawb.social)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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PLEASE. I keep seeing it in memes. As I understand it the latest version of the xz package (present in rolling release distros like Arch and SUSE Tumbleweed) has "a backdoor", but I have no earthly clue what can be done by malicious folks with access to that backdoor or if I should be afraid or how to check if my distro is compromised or how to prevent damage if it is or (...)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

to discover your stash of furry lewds.

No need to call me out, even if my home instance makes that obvious.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sorry I assumed you’d get a laugh out of it, wasn’t trying to do any harm.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I was being silly as well :P

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

lol. Okay good.