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Notably Notepad++ was recently shipping unsigned/self-signed updates, apparently overlapping with the time of this incident, see releases 8.8.2-8.8.6: https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/
Something doesn't seem right here.
I'm extremely wary about any application pushing politics. I subscribe to MacPaw, who makes excellent apps like Setapp, Gemini, and CleanMyMac, all of which I use. At some point, CleanMyMac started putting the Ukranian flag on the app icon and flagging utilities by any Russian developer as untrustworthy (because they are russian), and recommended that I uninstall them. I am not pro russia/anti-ukraine independence by…
if you're going to give in and avoid applications because, like in this case they take a strong stance on Ukraine or Taiwan the hack has literally achieved its purpose. Either silence the author directly or destroy its userbase. Fuck'em and just donate ten bucks to notepad++ , I'd rather my pc breaks then reward this crap
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Yeah, Notepad++ is known for political messaging in their updates. Taiwan, Ukraine, etc.
I can't help but feel there must some better venue for such messaging. When I see politics in software updates or documentation, nothing happens because I'm not looking to use the software for political activism. Maybe I tell my adblocker to remove the messaging, and carry on with my task. I can engage with politics in a social context, when political messaging isn't interrupting something else I'm doing; that's a be…
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I can't help but feel there must some better venue for such messaging. When I see politics in software updates or documentation, nothing happens because I'm not looking to use the software for political activism. Maybe I tell my adblocker to remove the messaging, and carry on with my task. I can engage with politics in a social context, when political messaging isn't interrupting something else I'm doing; that's a be…
I generally agree with you. But I put up with it since Notepad++ is good software. It is what it is.
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The notepad++ author has publicly come out in favor of Taiwanese independence.
Taiwan is already independent. Surely the normal way to refer to it would be as coming out against assimilation with mainland China?
I suppose, though that's not really how I tend to see it phrased on socials or in the media.
I'm extremely wary about any application pushing politics. I subscribe to MacPaw, who makes excellent apps like Setapp, Gemini, and CleanMyMac, all of which I use. At some point, CleanMyMac started putting the Ukranian flag on the app icon and flagging utilities by any Russian developer as untrustworthy (because they are russian), and recommended that I uninstall them. I am not pro russia/anti-ukraine independence by…
if you're going to give in and avoid applications because, like in this case they take a strong stance on Ukraine or Taiwan the hack has literally achieved its purpose. Either silence the author directly or destroy its userbase. Fuck'em and just donate ten bucks to notepad++ , I'd rather my pc breaks then reward this crap
I'm extremely wary about any application pushing politics. I subscribe to MacPaw, who makes excellent apps like Setapp, Gemini, and CleanMyMac, all of which I use. At some point, CleanMyMac started putting the Ukranian flag on the app icon and flagging utilities by any Russian developer as untrustworthy (because they are russian), and recommended that I uninstall them. I am not pro russia/anti-ukraine independence by…
Since there are a lot of both Ukrainian and Russian software developers, this is personal for a lot of people in the industry.
So uhh... what exactly did the "state-sponsored actors" do? They go on about how their server was compromised, and how the big bad Chinese were definitely behind it, and then claim the "situation has been fully resolved", but there is zero mention of any investigation into what was actually done by the attackers. Why? If I downloaded an installer during the time they were hacked, do I have malware now? The utter lack…