Torvalds father says his son was asked by the NSA to add a backdoor into linux (opens in new tab)

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11 pointsBeldur12y ago6 comments

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byjove12y ago· 2 in thread

Stop being stupid. We all saw the same linuxcon interview: HE WAS JOKING.

Interesting. His father clearly thought he was telling the truth. did you watch the video? Seems the found it important enough to bring up to the EU when giving testimony about mass surveillance.

byjove12y ago

Here is the referenced interview (by his father and everyone else): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84Sx0E13gAo

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