On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 7:28 PM Andy Smith <a...@strugglers.net> wrote:
> ...
> I think the most obvious counter-argument is that it would be a waste of
> effort and human assets to put exploits in open source software where
> they stand a good chance of being found, while there is so much closed
> source software (firmware, drivers, agents, …) and similar targets that
> can be used instead. If you have a developer (or a whole corporation) in
> your pocket, why do you want to burn them by having them put something
> malicious in an open source project?

https://www.theregister.com/2003/11/07/linux_kernel_backdoor_blocked/

Jeff

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