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1. Torvalds responded “no” while nodding his head “yes,” as the audience broke into spontaneous laughte

Reply to PowerToThePeople (Original post)

Sun Sep 22, 2013, 12:11 AM

Sep 2013

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 (nodding) his head “yes,” as the audience broke into spontaneous laughter.

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Linux creator admits NSA demanded backdoor [View all] PowerToThePeople Sep 2013 OP

Torvalds responded “no” while nodding his head “yes,” as the audience broke into spontaneous laughte bananas Sep 2013 #1

Linux is relatively safe even IF NSA gets to one important player... TroglodyteScholar Sep 2013 #2

Indeed, my friend PrestonLocke Oct 2013 #4

The United States of America is now a surveillance state. woo me with science Oct 2013 #3