Hi, > On 6/20/13, Greg <greg...@att.net> wrote: > Does anyone think that debian could participate in any programs like > PRISM? Or could a lone (or group of) sympathetic DD or DM slip a > backdoor or something that could collect private info in the binary > packages distributed by debian?
Sure, here is something, that collect info and send it to the Debian - the popoularity contest... (yes, i see the differences) Anybody can do anything - then yes, it is possible, that someone from DD/DM can integrate something bad into some package. It is possible, that backdoor is implemented by upstream author/contributor too, and it is possible, that backdoor is in Linux kernel too. But how long it will be in Debian? Because most of binaries in Debian are provided with they sources, anybody can take look into it and then anybody can find and report, that something is wrong ;-) And yes, it is possible, that some of DD/DM are CIA (and similar) followers. It is possible, but IMO not presumable, because i hope, that there are not the people, which think, that the freedom and privacy is for USA's inhabitants only... regards -- Slavko http://slavino.sk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/51c2a47a.5090...@slavino.sk
