Did the US government ask for a backdoor to Linux? At LinuxCon Linus Torvalds answers ...

[At LinuxCon Linus] Torvalds was also asked if he had ever been approached by the U.S. government to insert a backdoor into Linux. Torvalds responded “no” while nodding his head “yes,” as the audience broke into spontaneous laughter. [via eweek.com]
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