Power trip?
Posted May 27, 2026 7:25 UTC (Wed) by egb (subscriber, #163244)Parent article: Arias: Human proof for FOSS contributions
Sounds like someone wants to exploit the power dynamic between maintainer and contributor to compel the latter to compromise their privacy more than one could reasonably demand if that dynamic didn't exist, like that between e.g. exam proctor and a student, or an employer and a candidate.
It might be quite funny to do a Paint Drying-style prank [1], where you upload 10 hours of creating and backspacing various files, compelling the reviewer to watch all of it...