• NGC2346@sh.itjust.works
    94·
    19 days ago

    We are starting to attract evil attention that sees FOSS as an obstacle to their desired surveillance state worldwide. This is why they’re infiltrating open source projects and kidnapping others.

    • ageedizzle@piefed.caEnglish
      15·
      18 days ago

      This is why they’re infiltrating open source projects

      Are they infiltrating open source projects too now?

      • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
        22·
        18 days ago

        Ever since the invention of open source. Even industry standards such as the original RSA were intentionally ratfucked by malicious state actors.

      • rbos@lemmy.caEnglish
        221·
        18 days ago

        The XZ thing was almost certainly some nation state actor, imo.

      • degen@midwest.socialEnglish
        131·
        18 days ago

        The Nix project has some unfortunate support that made it’s way to some level of influence if I’m not mistaken. Its sort of like enshitification 2.0 but with fascism instead of money.

        Inb4 WhAtStHeDiFfErEnCe

    • partofthevoice@lemmy.zip
      43·
      19 days ago

      Yeah, that’s a lot to take in. Did she live in Singapore and is the assumption that Singaporean authorities carried out the abduction? Singapore isn’t a member of Five Eyes, though, but could this work like extradition treaties do? And why the hell is Five Eyes looking at FOSS devs?

    • Eldritch@piefed.worldEnglish
      185·
      18 days ago

      She was a great ambassador in the tech space. Her last couple of videos were some of the most personal ones she did. And her criticisms were very mild. But the government can’t acknowledge their failures or tolerate any criticism. Considering the vulnerable situations of her and her partner. Both being members of minority groups groups the CCP oppresses and targets. Her stepping back was necessary for their safety. Though fortunately there have been a few that have visited the region and spoken to her since the government threats. She’s getting by with her maker skills etc. But considering the active cultural genocide. I don’t look to see her making content for sometime if ever again. Unless there’s a massive change in government.

      She could have been a wonderful representative for her country and done a lot to dismiss a lot of the criticisms they receive. Instead, their treatment of her confirmed many of the criticism they receive.

  • goodboyjojo@lemmy.world
    451·
    19 days ago

    I like Foss software. This sounds like something that would happen in a cyberpunk thriller movie

  • carrylex@lemmy.world
    326·
    18 days ago

    Ok not sure how such a post got so many upvotes…

    She has not really much to do with open source or at least that’s not verifiable anywhere:

    • no recent activity on GitHub
    • A total of 5 commits on Codeberg… about designing an USB stick

    Also she was active on Mastodon 3 days ago.

    This person most likely is spontaneously disconnected from the net. Maybe the internet is down at her location because lightning fried the router, maybe she fell down the stairs and is in hospital, maybe she’s on vacation or - after having read through the about site - got some mental help, because not blocking and posting about people that send you creepy text messages to give them a wider platform is itself weird…

    Who knows?

    But starting a search on all social media will likely not bring them back either.

    Maybe contact their family or other friends or visit them, I think that would be a lot more productive.