The Dark Side of Open Source // What really happened to Faker.js?

Yesterday, a popular open-source package, Faker.js, was abruptly taken down from GitHub. Its readme simply said “What really happened to Aaron Swartz?”. Let’

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Author of faker.js deletes the entire repo. : r/node

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JavaScript developer destroys own projects in supply chain “lesson” – Sophos News

JavaScript developer destroys own projects in supply chain “lesson” – Sophos News

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