A common practice among software developers is to use so-called code snippets from the platform Stack Overflow. A study by CISPA researcher Alfusainey Jallow now shows that this can lead to security ...

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Whether you are a seasoned programmer or a beginner, chances are you spend a lot of your time looking for code snippets on Stack Overflow and similar sites. There’s no need to reinvent the wheel, ...

The most copied StackOverflow Java code snippet of all time contains a bug. The admission comes from the author of the snippet itself, Andreas Lundblad, a Java developer at Palantir, and one of the ...

Copying and pasting code from the internet is one of the biggest open secrets in computer programming. And trust me, we all do it. That’s because there are question-and-answer sites like StackOverflow ...