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submitted 6 months ago by 0x815@feddit.org to c/technology@lemmy.world

GitCode, a git-hosting website operated Chongqing Open-Source Co-Creation Technology Co Ltd and with technical support from CSDN and Huawei Cloud.

It is being reported that many users' repository are being cloned and re-hosted on GitCode without explicit authorization.

There is also a thread on Ycombinator (archived link)

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[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 19 points 6 months ago

Yeah... The main thing I see here is that China (read; government , not the people, not being racist here) will take this code, they will make improvements on it, they will NOT give back. Basically like Microsoft, but now an entire country.

Chinese government hasn't exact had a good reputation when it comes to taking technology and not giving anything back

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 months ago

Not like I'd want contributions from the chinese state programmers.
Feels like an easy entry for state level supply chain attack.

[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

Who says they aren't trying right now? I recall SSH had an attempt quite recently, I can guarantee that China is trying hard to include anything to out in back doors

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