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jpfr | 1 year ago

Yes, this can be circumvented. But the optics are important.

Imagine a backdoor planted by a Russian asset. Linux could get removed from some list of approved OS that can be used in a government context.

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ivan_gammel|1 year ago

> Imagine a backdoor planted by a Russian asset.

Email-based filtering of maintainers is not even close to what could be considered adequate security measures. In fact, when CISO or OSS starts caring about the optics, it’s a red flag.