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We absolutely do not want this. We rely on the goodwill of a lot of really smart people to produce the open source security software we rely. Even if the person
by malandrew 13y ago
We absolutely do not want this. We rely on the goodwill of a lot of really smart people to produce the open source security software we rely. Even if the person who introduced this bug did in fact conspire with the NSA, we would do far more damage by going on a witch hunt. The majority of people working on this software are well-intentioned and if contributing to open source means that they risk being subject to a witch hunt for their contributions they will be far less likely to partake.
The only reasonable course of action is to apply oversight of the NSA. If people in open-source are moles, the only reasonable way to discover this is via oversight of the agency. If there are moles, there are records within the agency showing this to be the case. Getting ahold of those records is how you prove this and you get those records by getting congress to do their job and provide oversight.
- anonbanker 13y agoSounds like an great plan. Perhaps you could provide an example from history where your idea works? I'm having difficulty finding one.