Half a Second – a book about the XZ backdoor

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Author: zvr

Date: 7/19/2026

Article Summary:
A narrative nonfiction book about a backdoor discovered in XZ Utils, a compression tool, and the implications of the imbalance between well-funded and under-resourced open-source projects.