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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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    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

    For people interested in the subject. Read This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race

    TLDR current day software is based upon codebases that have houndreds of thousands lines of code. Early NSA hacker put forward an idea 100k LoC program will not be free of a hole to exploit.

    To be a target of a 0-day you would have to piss off state level actors.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 2 days ago (5 children)

    do i remember correctly that android is based on se?

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    [–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

    If "privacy friendly" or "secure" were regulated terms most linux distros would have been sued/fined into bankruptcy for deceptive marketing.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    Kinda think this would be entirely dependent on the imaginary regulations, so comments like this are essentially nonsense.

    Just look at the bastardisation of current regulated terms

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

    There are regulations, they are either inadequate or aren't being applied to products or services used by regular consumers. https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/11062200

    Also which terms? You can't call yourself an MD, RN or an Attorney etc in US and many other countries if you aren't one. You can't market drugs that haven't been approved by the FDA. Also bastardisation isn't a justification for no regulation.

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    [–] [email protected] -1 points 2 days ago (7 children)

    But Linus said he was never approached by the US for a backdoor. He was so sure of it, lol.

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