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It's not even necessary to mention China and Russia, the NSA is equally interested in placing a backdoor in the Linux kernel. People were paranoid about it alre
by dvfjsdhgfv 6y ago
It's not even necessary to mention China and Russia, the NSA is equally interested in placing a backdoor in the Linux kernel. People were paranoid about it already 20 years ago [0], but according to Linus' father, NSA actually tried to pull it off [1].
[0] https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2013/10/09/the-linux-backdoor-attempt-of-2003/ https://freedom-to-tinker.com/2013/10/09/the-linux-backdoor-...
[1] https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/11/nsa-ask-linus-torvalds-include-backdoors-linux-father-says-yes https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2013/11/nsa-ask-linus-torvalds-i...