Martin Seeger on Nostr: Concerning the xz affair, I am struggling on how to explain this to a normal person. ...
Concerning the xz affair, I am struggling on how to explain this to a normal person. The best approach so far:
This is as if an attacker succeeded in manipulating the manufacturer of a small part that is built into every car worldwide. Every car that would have been built in the future, the attacker could crash upon pressing a button.
And we noticed only because a car fanatic took a prototype to the racetrack and noticed that when he drives it backward through with hand brakes applied, the lap time would be half a second off.
This is as if an attacker succeeded in manipulating the manufacturer of a small part that is built into every car worldwide. Every car that would have been built in the future, the attacker could crash upon pressing a button.
And we noticed only because a car fanatic took a prototype to the racetrack and noticed that when he drives it backward through with hand brakes applied, the lap time would be half a second off.