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

2 years ago by awiteb to c/privacy

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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scorp 47 points 2 years ago

good thing he's not an American citizen

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DacoTaco 21 points 2 years ago

Except he is. He lives in portland now afaik

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scorp 10 points 2 years ago

it's over

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