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That might be a digression, but overall you have to "trust" a company or software provider to some extend. Even if you have all source-code etc. there are alway
by kgarten 9y ago
That might be a digression, but overall you have to "trust" a company or software provider to some extend.
Even if you have all source-code etc. there are always possibilities to include a backdoor or similar if there's one binary involved (in this case the compiler):
http://wiki.c2.com/?TheKenThompsonHack http://wiki.c2.com/?TheKenThompsonHack