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How the xz backdoor highlights a major flaw in Nix | Shade's Blog
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That's true, but you have to know there was a backdoor first. If someone doesn't know, and they use the latest version, they're vulnerable to attack
@starman @GarlicToast true but I don't think you can use nix and not know about the xz exploit within minutes of it being found out.
Do you have an RSS feed of CVEs impacting Nixos?
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CC BY-NC-SA 4.0I believe the point they were making is that if you are techy enough to use nix, they are likely the type to keep up to date with news like this.