Protestware

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Software subverted to serve the ends of a political protest, for example by deleting files or displaying propaganda messages. neologism, uncountable

    "Commenting on the malicious code added to the “Vue-cli” application, GitHub user “nm17” said a continued expansion of protestware would erode public trust in open-source software."

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"Commenting on the malicious code added to the “Vue-cli” application, GitHub user “nm17” said a continued expansion of protestware would erode public trust in open-source software."

Etymology

From protest + -ware.

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