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    The NSA, the original primary developer of SELinux, released the first version to the open source development community under the GNU GPL on December 22, 2000.[6] The software was merged into the mainline Linux kernel 2.6.0-test3, released on 8 August 2003. Other significant contributors include Red Hat, Network Associates, Secure Computing Corporation, Tresys Technology, and Trusted Computer Solutions.

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    [โ€“] [email protected] 128 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I mean, itโ€™s still Open Source, right? So it would be pretty hard for them to hide a backdoor or something??

    Right but maybe it combined with other tools they have is what helps them with some exploit.
    Like they figured out an exploit but needed SELinux as a piece of the puzzle. It's open source
    and we can all read the code but we can't see the other pieces of the puzzle.

    Come on, put your conspiracy hat on! ;)

    [โ€“] [email protected] 109 points 2 months ago (1 children)
    [โ€“] [email protected] 77 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Dude, that one got a spy built-in! Direct telemetry to god.

    [โ€“] [email protected] 34 points 2 months ago

    That explains why it doesnโ€™t need internet

    [โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

    Ok, conspiracy hat on...Maybe Snowden was the only NSA contributor with the sole purpose of making tracking citizens harder!

    [โ€“] Shareni 5 points 2 months ago

    I mean, they almost certainly have built in backdoors like IME. When you can force hardware manufacturers to add shit, you don't have to think up convoluted solutions like that.