[HN Gopher] Pidgin 0-day worth x4 actual development
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       Pidgin 0-day worth x4 actual development
        
       Author : smashah
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2021-06-06 19:22 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | smashah wrote:
       | This is a pretty sad state of affairs. Pidgin has been around for
       | ages. I used to use it on my n900 back in the day - that and
       | gpodder really opened my eyes to how powerful open source could
       | be at a young age.
       | 
       | How do we solve this potentially criminal misallocation of funds?
       | Something is fundamentally wrong with the priorities in this
       | industry if pidgin is worth more dead (unsecure) than alive
       | (properly maintained).
        
       | nly wrote:
       | Maybe Gary should create an alter ego, provide them with a zero
       | day, and take their money.
        
         | db48x wrote:
         | And the bug could be "coincidentally" fixed later that day...
        
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