Arthur BesseM to [email protected]English • edit-22 months agotension on kernel mailing lists continues to grow as a Linux Foundation board member finally replies with a "summary of the legal advice the kernel is operating under" re: enforcing US sanctionslore.kernel.orgmessage-square97fedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down114
arrow-up1202arrow-down1external-linktension on kernel mailing lists continues to grow as a Linux Foundation board member finally replies with a "summary of the legal advice the kernel is operating under" re: enforcing US sanctionslore.kernel.orgArthur BesseM to [email protected]English • edit-22 months agomessage-square97fedilink
minus-square@flubba86link65•2 months agoDude, it’s common knowledge that NSA has contributed significant portions of (security related) code to the kernel. No tin foil hat required.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink25•2 months agoThey also tried to put weak encryption in the kernel once.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•2 months agoI’m convinced that they did it under the radar.
Dude, it’s common knowledge that NSA has contributed significant portions of (security related) code to the kernel. No tin foil hat required.
They also tried to put weak encryption in the kernel once.
I’m convinced that they did it under the radar.
Well it’s open source so you can check.