Holy shit I think I lost brain cells after reading all the comments... How did you nitwits end up on the topic of supposed ""SJWs"", one goober screaming about the "CODE OF CONDUCT", and China????? It is fully possible to discuss this whole issue without going into any of that BS. Here, I'll do it myself:
The way that this "study" was carried out was incredibly irresponsible. This was missing an essential part of any ethical pen-test: making sure the target is aware of the whole plan. I'm not sure if any of the Linux kernel maintainers would've agreed to that, or if that would've potentially "tampered" with the results, but that's the only way this could've been done without pissing everyone off. This was an unethical, non-consensual pen-test, and all in all, a very very stupid idea in the first place. Common sense is important.
The way that this "study" was carried out was incredibly irresponsible. This was missing an essential part of any ethical pen-test: making sure the target is aware of the whole plan. I'm not sure if any of the Linux kernel maintainers would've agreed to that, or if that would've potentially "tampered" with the results, but that's the only way this could've been done without pissing everyone off. This was an unethical, non-consensual pen-test, and all in all, a very very stupid idea in the first place. Common sense is important.
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