awiteb@lemmy.4rs.nl to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoNSA Asked Linus Torvalds To Install Backdoors Into GNU/Linux [2013]falkvinge.netexternal-linkmessage-square63fedilinkarrow-up1553arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1548arrow-down1external-linkNSA Asked Linus Torvalds To Install Backdoors Into GNU/Linux [2013]falkvinge.netawiteb@lemmy.4rs.nl to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square63fedilinkfile-text
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minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·3 months agoAlso experience shows that it’s possible to backdoor software in very subtle ways that could go years without anyone spotting them. So if he had decided to he probably could have done it, despite Linux being open source.
Also experience shows that it’s possible to backdoor software in very subtle ways that could go years without anyone spotting them. So if he had decided to he probably could have done it, despite Linux being open source.