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The New York Times source code leaked by a 4chan user (stackdiary.com)

submitted 5 months ago by skilledtothegills@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

We still have no legal right to use, change and share exact and modified copies of its source code, control it both ourselves and in groups. It's still anti-libre software, useless, dangerous.

[–] magi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 months ago

Very few care about licenses unless the use of such material can be proven, and good luck with that

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Just seeing how something is approached helps.

I sometimes rebuild software from one language to another for practice.

[–] seathru@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

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.pub 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

Remind me again, how does that work?

[–] errer@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

I pay for the NYT, and yet every other screen is a fucking ad (often the same ad repeated over and over). You already have my subscription money, and unless they decide not to be so greedy (haha), their ads get shoved up my pihole.

[–] noisefree@lemmy.world 0 points 5 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.

[–] autonomoususer@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

They only exist when we keep them relevant and we already know we can't prove it's private but if it helps some people, that's good.