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Re:Alert for Social Engineering Takeovers of Open Source Pro... by belter on Monday May 06, 2024 @07:18AM (#40273335)
> Great that we'll finally get state-sponsored open-source development :D

Suspicions are very old: "Report of FBI back door roils OpenBSD community" (2010)- https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/report-of-fbi-back-door-ro...

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Re:Alert for Social Engineering Takeovers of Open Source Pro... by wongarsu on Monday May 06, 2024 @07:30AM (#40273410)
Also TOR being overtly created and sponsored by the US government, leading to some distrust
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