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A user on the online forum 4chan has leaked a massive 270GB of data belonging to The New York Times. This leak includes the source code for the newspaper’s digital operations. The user who posted the data claimed that The New York Times has over 5,000 source code repositories, less than 30 of which are encrypted. The leaked data is said

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.

  • Autonomous User@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    3 months ago

    We still have no legal right to use, change and share its source code, control it both ourselves and in groups. It’s still anti-libre software.

    • seathru@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      0·
      3 months ago

      Anything that may help develop better adblockers/paywall bypasses or exposes how/what of our personal information is collected is a win in my book. And this may very well be none of those things.

      • 0xD@infosec.pubEnglish
        01·
        3 months ago

        Right, because fuck paying for proper journalism. Everything must be free!

        Remind me again, how does that work?

        • noisefree@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          The inverse of this is where subscription services that previously had no ads for paying subscribers then add in ads on paid plans while also increasing the fees associated. It’s a pretty standard practice, NYT included. Adblocking is necessary.