When someone named Kafka says it’s the “weirdest”…that says something!

I learned the term “glass cliff” when she was hired.

The rest of the page? Probably. I stopped reading after the comic.

Even better: the one-star review on the pre-order page complaining that it’s not out yet!

I had to check…

https://github.com/notepad-plus-plus/notepad-plus-plus/releases/tag/v7.3.3

O_o

Edit:

Yeah, it was real! Back in 2017.

https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/v733-fix-cia-hacking-npp-issue/

Checking the certificate of DLL makes it harder to hack. Note that once users’ PCs are compromised, the hackers can do anything on the PCs. This solution only prevents from Notepad++ loading a CIA homemade DLL. It doesn’t prevent your original notepad++.exe from being replaced by modified notepad++.exe while the CIA is controlling your PC.