[Discuss] our friend the nsa

[markw at mohawksoft.com (markw at mohawksoft.com)]

I think we all agree that he *must* have been approached. The fact that he
nodded his head yes bead said no is clear as to what happened.  It should
be clear that the fact that he was asked means a few things:

(1) He has not said he did not put in a back door.
(2) Others in the community were probably asked as well.
(3) There are probably NSA agents involved in the Linux community covertly.
(4) It is quite likely there are multiple backdoors in Linux.


> I wonder how much to make of this?
>
> <quote>
>
> NSA Backdoor
> Torvalds was also asked if he had ever been approached by the U.S.
> government to insert a backdoor into Linux.
>
> Torvalds responded "no" while shaking his head "yes," as the audience
> broke into spontaneous laughter.
>
> </quote>
>
> http://www.eweek.com/developer/linus-torvalds-talks-linux-development-at-linuxcon.html
>
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