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‘The Worst Leak That I’ve Witnessed’: U.S. Cybersecurity Agency Leaves Its Digital Keys Out in Public on GitHub (gizmodo.com)
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[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Leaving passwords in plaintext has zero to do with “vibe coding”

[–] village604@adultswim.fan 77 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It definitely can if an LLM did it.

[–] wucking_feardo@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago

I agree and to expand the same point. Even if the llm didn't do it, it's entirely plausible the LLM recommended it and the dev just drank that coolaid

[–] demonsword@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

yeah, and this is why I edited my original post after reading the article.