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"Perhaps all they wanted was the source code of his application to repackage (after introducing a backdoor)" A counterargument against that is A: if the goal i
by jerf 7y ago
"Perhaps all they wanted was the source code of his application to repackage (after introducing a backdoor)"
A counterargument against that is A: if the goal is to produce a version with a backdoor, they don't need the source to accomplish that and B: if that was the goal, they wouldn't want to give the original author any reason to know they were asking about it, so that when the backdoor is found in the wild he can pipe up and go "Oh, yeah, that reminds me, the NSA got my source code a few months ago..."
- webmobdev 7y ago> if the goal is to produce a version with a backdoor, they don't need the source to accomplish that It certainly would make their job easier (and be a lot cheaper)! > B: if that was the goal, they wouldn't want to give the original author any reason to know they were asking about it, That's a good point - unless they were targeting a specific target.