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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    1 year ago

    We still have no legal right to use, change and share its source code, control it both ourselves and in groups. It’s still anti-libre software.

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      1 year ago

      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.

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        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.