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Open Source and Free Software

PowerToThePeople

(9,610 posts) Sun Sep 22, 2013, 01:05 AM Sep 2013

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/19/linux_creator_admits_nsa_demanded_backdoor/

Linus Torvalds prompts nervous laughter at panel, admitting the government wanted access to operating system.

The NSA is not going to give up easily.

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Linux creator admits NSA demanded backdoor [View all] PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 OP

Linux is relatively safe even IF NSA gets to one important player... TroglodyteScholar Sep 2013 #2

Indeed, my friend PrestonLocke Oct 2013 #4

The United States of America is now a surveillance state. woo me with science Oct 2013 #3