NSA Asked Linus Torvalds To Install Backdoors Into GNU/Linux [2013]

The NSA has asked Linus Torvalds to inject covert backdoors into the free and open operating system GNU/Linux. This was revealed in this week's...

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hemko 269 points 2 years ago

The story does not tell us how Linus Torvalds responded to the NSA, but I’m guessing he told them he wouldn’t be able to inject backdoors even if he wanted to, since the source code is open, and all changes to it are reviewed by many independent people.

Yeah I'm guessing the answer would be more colorful based on the historical data we have

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reisub 122 points 2 years ago

based on the historical data

https://github.com/corollari/linusrants

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bitfucker 100 points 2 years ago

There aren't enough swear-words in the English language, so now I'll have to call you perkeleen vittupää just to express my disgust and frustration with this crap.

Beautiful

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zbyte64 33 points 2 years ago

It's like our very own Gordon Ramsay

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UniversalMonk -3 points 2 years ago

https://github.com/corollari/linusrants

This is beautiful. Thank you! lol

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