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AI vs Open Source

Something bad happened this week, something very bad.

If you use open source software and figure that the "openness" of the product contributes significantly to its security, you might be wrong.

The theory is that if a thousands eyes can peruse the source code, there are a thousand chances for any bugs or unsound design which could lead to vulnerabilities, will be spotted and fixed.

Whilst this does sometimes happen, the arrival of powerful AI systems has turned this strength into a weakness, as was proven last week.

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Forums are Down

Damn, why is it so hard to keep any reliable forum capability going these days?

I'll be working to get the forums up again but it seems that it might not be a simple task. The hosting company has obviously changed something but now it's up to me to try and get PHPBB working with their new configuration :-/

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