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Linux Community Mulls NSA Involvement With systemd

posted by LaminatorX on Tuesday November 11 2014, @04:08PM   Printer-friendly
from the trust-no-one dept.

Robotron writes:

Several sources within the Linux community (here, here, here and here) continue to discuss the possibility of NSA involvement with systemd. Various commentaries argue that the pace, scope and vociferousness surrounding the Debian kernel updates signify cause for suspicion. Discussion upon this subject has simmered since April, when Julian Assange branded the Debian project as being under the ownership of the NSA.

iGuru summarizes the arguments in this post, noting the worrying influence of developers working in billion-dollar corporate giant Red Hat, the potential for infiltration and manipulation within and between systemd supporters, plus numerous possible security holes and vulnerabilities in the code. Meanwhile, systemd's 217 update has been announced as implemented.

 
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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 11 2014, @05:48PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 11 2014, @05:48PM (#114916)

    #dgate - douchegate? How about we stop appending the suffix -gate to every single fucking so-called scandal? It is perhaps one of the most annoying and idiotic practices used in journalism today. Please, stop it already.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 11 2014, @07:14PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 11 2014, @07:14PM (#114944)

    Upvote this comment a hundred thousand times.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 11 2014, @07:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 11 2014, @07:23PM (#114948)

    How about we stop appending the suffix -gate to every single fucking so-called scandal?

    Can we call this gategate?