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Per the eWeek article referenced by salon.com, 'NSA Backdoor Torvalds was also asked if he had ever been approached by the U.S. government to insert a backdoor
by lowkey 13y ago
Per the eWeek article referenced by salon.com,
'NSA Backdoor Torvalds was also asked if he had ever been approached by the U.S. government to insert a backdoor into Linux. Torvalds responded "no" while nodding his head "yes," as the audience broke into spontaneous laughter.'
http://www.eweek.com/developer/linus-torvalds-talks-linux-development-at-linuxcon.html http://www.eweek.com/developer/linus-torvalds-talks-linux-de...
- dalke 13y agoIt's a joke. Granted, it could be truth wrapped in joke to make it bearable. But it's impossible to infer from that response that it's supposed to be taken seriously or contain even a grain of truth. A real journalist would have, oh, I don't know ... tried to contact Torvalds and ask for clarification?