Activists are targeting Russians with open-source "protestware"

Really bad news! This is dangerous and more than a double-edged sword!

A lot depends on reliable open source software!

"... Around two dozen open source software projects have been spotted adding code protesting the war. Most of the protestware simply displays anti-war, pro-Ukrainian messages when it is run but at least one project is believed to have had malicious code added which would wipe computers located in Russia and Belarus. ..."

Activists are targeting Russians with open-source "protestware" | MIT Technology Review At least one open-source software project has had malicious code added which aimed to wipe computers located in Russia and Belarus.