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Behind your browser, the #internet is people.

Repeatedly, we see what happens when the humanity and fatigue of people maintaining critical infrastructure are exploited.

Most recently, with the discovery of the #XZ hack.

We need to lend a hand by giving back to the projects we use.

Ideas about giving back (and how Fastly does) are in this blog from @anildash https://www.fastly.com/blog/what-can-you-actually-do-to-reduce-the-threat-of-hacks-like-xz

@devs @anildash sorry, but going to have to call BS on this one.

xz is like a seven times removed transitive dependency. What is the actual thing you’re proposing here’s in relation to xz. That everyone should “show up” and contribute back to the Debian and Redhat build processes?

@joshhunt @devs a maintainer having a community he can reach out to before he burns out would change things like this massively.