When Code Becomes a Protest Sign: The Double-Edged Sword of Open-Source Activism
Picture this: you’re deploying a critical update to your e-commerce platform when suddenly product pages start displaying communist manifestos instead of prices. No, it’s not a ransomware attack - it’s protestware, where maintainers weaponize their own code for political or ethical statements. Let’s dissect this digital civil disobedience and its implications for modern software development. The Anatomy of a Code Riot Remember the 2022 colors.js debacle? A simple console.log statement triggered an infinite loop that bricked thousands of applications:...