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awiteb@lemmy.4rs.nl to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months ago

NSA Asked Linus Torvalds To Install Backdoors Into GNU/Linux [2013]

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NSA Asked Linus Torvalds To Install Backdoors Into GNU/Linux [2013]

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awiteb@lemmy.4rs.nl to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months ago
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repost from: https://falkvinge.net/2013/11/17/nsa-asked-linus-torvalds-to-install-backdoors-into-gnulinux

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    I somehow misread that as NBA, and was very confused what basketball had to do with OS backdoors

    NSA makes

    WAY more sense

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      Michel jordan want to look at your browser history :D

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        Nope this has Kareem written all over it

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          Roger Murdock?

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        No, that’s Mark McGwire.

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      A OS backdoor is very simular to a backdoor cut, which allows a player to sneak behind defenders when they are focused on the ball or player with a ball.

      NBA coaches have taken inspiration from many different places to perfect their plays. Computer security is just another step.

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      I read it NASA at first

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      Removed by mod

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      they wanted to cut to the basket behind the defense

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