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minus-squareJTskulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-212 days agoMy first thought is that this was to make Linux palatable to western regulations, like how companies can’t use Kaspersky anymore. Stupid if I’m right because it’s not like the fsb is going to sneak spyware into Linux. Edit: Linus commented on this and I was right: https://lemmy.world/comment/13034386
minus-squarePossibly linux@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoThey very well could. However, it also could come from some US intelligence agency as well.
minus-squareburghler@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoWasn’t that XZ Utils backdoor recently with state ties or am I just remembering wrong
minus-squareAgility0971@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days agoNo one knows yet. Given the scale of the operation it’s most likely a large organization.
My first thought is that this was to make Linux palatable to western regulations, like how companies can’t use Kaspersky anymore. Stupid if I’m right because it’s not like the fsb is going to sneak spyware into Linux.
Edit: Linus commented on this and I was right: https://lemmy.world/comment/13034386
They very well could. However, it also could come from some US intelligence agency as well.
Wasn’t that XZ Utils backdoor recently with state ties or am I just remembering wrong
No one knows yet. Given the scale of the operation it’s most likely a large organization.