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Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com... by isbvhodnvemrwvn on Friday March 29, 2024 @05:04PM (#39868999)
This only ensures the backdoors are coming from governments that issued the clearances, nothing more. I prefer more competition, at least there is incentive to detect those issues.
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Re:Backdoor in upstream xz/liblzma leading to SSH server com... by zeroCalories on Friday March 29, 2024 @05:16PM (#39869110)
It will ensure that my OS doesn't have code from random Gmail accounts. If someone with U.S clearance submits a backdoor, they should either be charged in the U.S, or extradited to somewhere that will charge them. We have no idea who this person is, and even if we did we probably could not hold them accountable.
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