With 1000+ Linux distros, it seems like there'd be one with backdoors clandestinely created and distributed by the NSA.
With 1000+ Linux distros, it seems like there'd be one with backdoors clandestinely created and distributed by the NSA.
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Why would they bother with the 1% of 4% of Linux users that use their single distro, they'd be better off targeting windows or mobile users.
Cloud servers run Linux. Also the NSA made the defacto secured kernel for enterprise linux
Sure, but its still not a lot of users to target a single distro, even if its the biggest one.
All your metadata is on cloud servers. Your smartphone calls back to cloud servers. Lemmy is hosted on linux. It's not desktop OS that any state actor would target.
I guess I'd be less skeptical if they didn't already have access to so much more data than any one distro would give them, even if it was running all the fucking servers you mentioned. You even pointed out that they have SELinux so why would they need to make any distros?
You and I agree that there's no reason for the NSA to backdoor an OS. It's actually in their best interests to have a secured linux OS, and just buy/collect the metadata they want.