awiteb@lemmy.4rs.nl to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoNSA Asked Linus Torvalds To Install Backdoors Into GNU/Linux [2013]falkvinge.netexternal-linkmessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1560arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1556arrow-down1external-linkNSA Asked Linus Torvalds To Install Backdoors Into GNU/Linux [2013]falkvinge.netawiteb@lemmy.4rs.nl to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square58linkfedilinkfile-text
repost from: https://falkvinge.net/2013/11/17/nsa-asked-linus-torvalds-to-install-backdoors-into-gnulinux
minus-squareGolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up58arrow-down1·1 year agoBut nobody’s going to give them any sentence for that unfortunately.
minus-squareawiteb@lemmy.4rs.nlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·1 year agoI wouldn’t be surprised if I knew that the backdoors that appear in Windows were designed by someone. I didn’t know they were this brazen.
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minus-squareKyrgizion@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·1 year agoYeah, when the actual mobo and cpu can be taken over remotely, what does the OS even matter?
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minus-squareFreudianCafe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down2·1 year ago I didn’t know they were this brazen. Oh boy i remember when i was this innocent
minus-squareawiteb@lemmy.4rs.nlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoI’m not innocent, but this is unbelievable, that they would ask the main developer to plant a virus in it!! This is really rude
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minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 year agotbf the article only assumes he told them no because of how implausible it seems the task would be, the actual details of what if anything was discussed and what happened are unknown.
minus-squaresub_ubi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoof all the things the nsa has done this is probably the nicest
minus-squareeinkorn@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·1 year agoFor what? Destabilizing the whole technological ecosystem of the planet is not a crime. ¯\(ツ)/¯
But nobody’s going to give them any sentence for that unfortunately.
I wouldn’t be surprised if I knew that the backdoors that appear in Windows were designed by someone. I didn’t know they were this brazen.
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Yeah, when the actual mobo and cpu can be taken over remotely, what does the OS even matter?
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Oh boy i remember when i was this innocent
I’m not innocent, but this is unbelievable, that they would ask the main developer to plant a virus in it!! This is really rude
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tbf the article only assumes he told them no because of how implausible it seems the task would be, the actual details of what if anything was discussed and what happened are unknown.
of all the things the nsa has done this is probably the nicest
For what? Destabilizing the whole technological ecosystem of the planet is not a crime. ¯\(ツ)/¯