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		Code added to popular NPM package wiped files in Russia and Belarus (arstechnica.com)
		4 points by cmogni1 on March 19, 2022 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

josephcsible on March 19, 2022 [–]

> concerns about the safety of free and open source software

That sounds like phrasing intended to cause anti-FOSS FUD. There's nothing about FOSS that makes it more susceptible to this than proprietary software is.

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