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Yes of course. The old argument that Linux is free of backdoors because it is open source. It's such a ridiculous claim. Software systems on that scale are so c
by tempsolution 7y ago
Yes of course. The old argument that Linux is free of backdoors because it is open source. It's such a ridiculous claim. Software systems on that scale are so complex, there is NO way whatsoever to make sure there isn't a backdoor in there. I would go as far as saying that OpenSource software by definition is more vulnerable to backdoors than closed source software, exactly because the source code is available and anyone with some credibility can make patches. It is the dreamland scape of the NSA.
Hacking into closed source code is much more dangerous (politically) for them and also more difficult.
- lolc 7y agoThe thing with closed-source is that the binaries can be backdoored by the vendor on behalf of the NSA. This is not a new practice. With open-source code this venue is less likely to work and needs an additional layer of deception. Sure the NSA may manage to plant vulnerabilities, but flaws will not be persistent in the same way as when they're planted in cooperation with a vendor. There's currently a push for reproducible builds which further hardens distros against such attacks.