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Moq under fire for endangering data privacy by including SponsorLink
Open Source For You
|September 2023
The widely used open source project Moq is embroiled in controversy after it was revealed that its latest release included a dependency known as SponsorLink.
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Moq, pronounced 'Mock', is a prominent player in the open source software ecosystem, boasting over 476 million lifetime downloads and a staggering 100,000 daily downloads from the NuGet software registry. The criticism erupted when Moq's 4.20.0 release quietly incorporated the SponsorLink project, prompting backlash from open source software enthusiasts who felt betrayed by what they deemed a breach of trust.
This story is from the September 2023 edition of Open Source For You.
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