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Backdoored Dependency in Event Stream

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An example of how security _naivety_ can cause harm:

https://github.com/dominictarr/event-stream/issues/115
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/49072294-d3735f00-f227-11e8-9ec3-5f82974b182e.png)

https://github.com/dominictarr/event-stream/issues/116
![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/194400/49096084-b196ce00-f261-11e8-89b3-024f17a0a43b.png)

discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18534392

This in a nutshell is why Node.js is a house of cards that _cannot_ be trusted from a security perspective. 💔

> Meta/Note: I've opened this issue to hold the basic details of a post on security. ✍️
> Sadly, most people don't care about security, they only want to get their _current_ work done, collect their paycheque and get back to their hobbies/socialising/netflix. 😞

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