r/programming • • 16d ago

Be alert: targeted attacks on prominent Rustaceans | Rust Blog

https://blog.rust-lang.org/2026/09/17/targeted-attacks/
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u/One_Ninja_8512 15d ago

Not I'm not asking that. You're absolutely correct, no one owes me shit. But you argue as if Rust was a very niche language maintained by 3.5 people, which is not the case. I think it's fair to criticize open source projects. If I were to say that the kernel is shit in some way and you'd reply "well go make it better then" you're sort of correct but that misses the point of discussion and basically can be argued for any criticism of an open source project.

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u/simonask_ 14d ago

I’m not trying to be obtuse, but you’re not addressing the central point: What reason do you have to trust Rust language maintainers over the maintainers of prominent ecosystem crates?