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The New York Times source code leaked by a 4chan user (stackdiary.com)

submitted 5 months ago by skilledtothegills@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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A user on the online forum 4chan has leaked a massive 270GB of data purportedly belonging to The New York Times. This leak includes what is claimed to be the source code for the newspaper’s digital operations.

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[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I expect that paywall to be fully useless soon.

[–] Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg 34 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That's a really silly take ... a Paywall is just an authorization mechanism.

That's like saying the source code of lemmy leaks and you expect your account to be compromised any second.

[–] example@reddthat.com 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I can sell you a copy of lemmys source code, are you interested?

[–] wabafee@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

I can give you 25 schmeckles.

[–] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 months ago

I'll sell it for cheaper!

[–] daddy32@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Well, the open source code is less likely to commit "security through obscurity" than closed one.