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I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.
Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

>hardware backdoored

vs

>hardware and software backdoored

>>8091048
just try to imagine the kind of guy who made up that pasta...
>the constant gasping for air due to his obesity.
>the constant seeking for approval without realizing he's just an >obnoxious retard spouting irrelevant facts, trying to show off
>the constant air of doom around that individual accentuated by the pungent smell and obvious sexual frustration, being
even more amplified by his pencil dick

boy am i glad i never sunk that low...

>>8091092
lmao nigger

if there's a backdoor already, it doesn't matter if there's 2 or hundreds of them, having just one is enough damage

linux is worthless to use for security unless you make your own processor to run it with

>>8091121

Software backdoor:
Government can literally directly connect to your computer with privileged access at any time

Hardware backdoor:
If the NSA/FBI ever physically confiscated your HDD they may be able to recover deleted items.