The Open-Source Software Prevalence Initiative, announced at DEF CON, will examine how open source software is used in critical infrastructure.

The Open-Source Software Prevalence Initiative, announced at DEF CON, will examine how open source software is used in critical infrastructure.

National Cyber Director Harry Coker announced the initiative at the DEF CON conference in Las Vegas. Funding for the project, which seeks to learn how open source software is used in critical infrastructure and with the ultimate goal of strengthening national cybersecurity, comes from the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

  • @fart_pickleEnglish
    32•1 month ago

    In other words, NSA looks for a new way of plating backdoors.

    • DominusOfMegadeusEnglish
      26•1 month ago

      I bet we could switch the entire U.S. Government to Linux for less than 20 billion

      • @[email protected]English
        19•1 month ago

        Go ahead and explain open source to Sen. Bloodfeast. His response will most certainly contain the word “communism”.

        • Todd BonzalezEnglish
          4•1 month ago

          Just let Linux Torvalds at him. He’ll tell that moron to fuck off.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•1 month ago

      People really dislike when you point out US support for genocide. But do the same for Russian and Chinese genocide in any threads vaguely relating to those countries, you’re cheerled to the top of the comments.

      Despicable human behaviour.