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2title: February 16th, 2024
3date: 2024-02-16, 17:45:38 -08:00
4section: journal
5link: https://arcanican.is/excerpts/cve-2024-23832/discovery.htm
6tags:
7 - opensource
8 - Mastodon
9 - security
10---
11Great read about the [recent Mastodon CVE](https://arcanican.is/excerpts/cve-2024-23832/discovery.htm) (which could allow taking over and forging content for remote accounts).
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13I’m quoting a bit here about open source:
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15> how people seem to only care for the 'gratis' of free software, and seldom the 'libre', and millions of users leaning on the work of primarily a couple developers, assuming they have the attentiveness to catch every mistake themselves alone
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17There aren’t enough funded people - both teams and individuals - working on Fediverse software, and both the users and the admins seem averse to paying for it.