Linus Torvalds Admits He’s Been Asked To Insert Backdoor Into Linux

Linus Torvalds was asked many questions at the conference in New Orleans with many Kernel developers. One question he was asked was whether a government agency had ever asked about inserting a back-door into Linux.

Torvalds responded ‘no’ while shaking his head ‘yes,’ as the audience broke into spontaneous laughter.Torvalds also admitted that while he as a full life outside of Linux he couldn’t imagine his life without it. ‘I don’t see any project coming along being more interesting to me than Linux,’ Torvalds said. ‘I couldn’t imagine filling the void in my life if I didn’t have Linux.’”

     

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