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If they opted for an entirely open source system (possibly open-sourcing the one in question) that several governments with the same concern could collaborate o
by malandrew 13y ago
If they opted for an entirely open source system (possibly open-sourcing the one in question) that several governments with the same concern could collaborate on, then they would probably be much safer. Going with a bespoke system that will be deployed widely is a recipe for problems. It's likely to have limited documentation and lots of setup edge-cases that are easy to compromise.
- kenjackson 13y agoFor any interesting open source project, why would you think that the NSA wouldn't be deeply involved? If I were a spy agency and an open source project was being spun up that several countries would use, I'd get at least a dozen devs on it. And if I'm thinking that, then you know they all must be...