Comment on Zen browser had a backdoor enabled by default

jonathan@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• tias@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s weird link to this issue with that title, since the problem is only referenced in the discussion. The actual backdoor issue is here.

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  • fartsparkles@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I thought it just allowede easier debugging, sorry

    Fuuuuck. I wouldn’t eat a sandwich made by this person let alone a web browser. Forking and mucking around in a code base they clearly don’t understand. I get the feeling they’re one of those chmod -R 777 people.

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    • tias@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I agree. That response made me lose any trust I had and I actually went to verify that I didn’t still have Zen browser installed from some earlier test run. He sounds like a script kiddie.

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      • freely1333@reddthat.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        He was obviously very amateur by reading his posts on Reddit. Zen is more of a skin than a real browser, but I guess that’s essentially what a fork is at some point.

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  • jonathan@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fuck me, tell me someone else has risen to effective project lead since then?

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    • floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      His last comment is from 7 minutes ago so I would say no x)

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    • gnutrino@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You volunteering?

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      • WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        who in their right mind would hand over project leadership to a random person on a forum who he knows nothing about

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• optissima@lemmy.ml ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  github.com/zen-browser/desktop/issues/5947#issuec…

  It’s a link to a previous issue that was fixed, but it’s an egregious one.

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