awiteb@lemmy.4rs.nl to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoNSA Asked Linus Torvalds To Install Backdoors Into GNU/Linux [2013]falkvinge.netexternal-linkmessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1562arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1558arrow-down1external-linkNSA Asked Linus Torvalds To Install Backdoors Into GNU/Linux [2013]falkvinge.netawiteb@lemmy.4rs.nl to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square58linkfedilinkfile-text
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minus-squareawiteb@lemmy.4rs.nlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48·2 years agoI wouldn’t be surprised if I knew that the backdoors that appear in Windows were designed by someone. I didn’t know they were this brazen.
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minus-squareEx Nummis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·2 years agoYeah, when the actual mobo and cpu can be taken over remotely, what does the OS even matter?
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minus-squareFreudianCafe@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up20arrow-down2·2 years ago I didn’t know they were this brazen. Oh boy i remember when i was this innocent
minus-squareawiteb@lemmy.4rs.nlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoI’m not innocent, but this is unbelievable, that they would ask the main developer to plant a virus in it!! This is really rude
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minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-22 years agotbf the article only assumes he told them no because of how implausible it seems the task would be, the actual details of what if anything was discussed and what happened are unknown.
minus-squaresub_ubi@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 years agoof all the things the nsa has done this is probably the nicest
I wouldn’t be surprised if I knew that the backdoors that appear in Windows were designed by someone. I didn’t know they were this brazen.
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Yeah, when the actual mobo and cpu can be taken over remotely, what does the OS even matter?
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Oh boy i remember when i was this innocent
I’m not innocent, but this is unbelievable, that they would ask the main developer to plant a virus in it!! This is really rude
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tbf the article only assumes he told them no because of how implausible it seems the task would be, the actual details of what if anything was discussed and what happened are unknown.
of all the things the nsa has done this is probably the nicest