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AMD Open-Source GPU Kernel Driver Above 5 Million Lines, Entire Linux Kernel At 34.8 Million (www.phoronix.com)
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[–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

You're talking about exploits. They were talking about backdoors. The are not the same thing.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    Open source code isn’t immune to backdoors. It’s impossible to exhaustively test every interaction in massive code bases for unintended behavior.

    The upside of open source is that a well intentioned person might find a backdoor and get it fixed. Up until then it might be someone’s backdoor.

    Better?

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