* Also worth noting this quote at the bottom of TFA:

"Oh, Christ. It was obviously a joke, no government agency has ever asked me for a backdoor in Linux," Torvalds told Mashable via email.

* Apologies for top posting with crappy mobile app

On July 9, 2018 11:41:10 PM CDT, KatolaZ <katolaz@???> wrote:

::
::https://thehackernews.com/2013/09/us-government-asked-linus-torvalds-to.html
::https://falkvinge.net/2013/11/17/nsa-asked-linus-torvalds-to-install-backdoors-into-gnulinux/
::
::which refer to the famous interview at LinuxCon 2013, and have nothing
::to do with the *existence* of an NSA backdoor in the Linux kernel,
::rather with the fact that the NSA had put pressure on Linus to put
::such a backdoor there.
::

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