Karna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoOh Snap! Canonical now doing manual reviews for new packages due to scam appswww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down12
arrow-up197arrow-down1external-linkOh Snap! Canonical now doing manual reviews for new packages due to scam appswww.gamingonlinux.comKarna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square26fedilink
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoWhy just now? Meanwhile, all Debian packages on their apt repos are reviewed and maintained by Debian.
minus-squareAChiTenshi@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoI would imagine the recent xz backdoor discovery spooked them a bit. So now they are going to check things. We shall see if it continues or not.
minus-squareLiveLM@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 months agoIt was probably the wave of phishing apps that scared them tbh
Why just now? Meanwhile, all Debian packages on their apt repos are reviewed and maintained by Debian.
I would imagine the recent xz backdoor discovery spooked them a bit. So now they are going to check things.
We shall see if it continues or not.
It was probably the wave of phishing apps that scared them tbh