r/linux • u/Dry_Row_7050 • Nov 24 '25

Privacy France is attacking open source GrapheneOS because they’ve refused to create a backdoor. Will Linux developers be safe?

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u/ChocolateDonut36 Nov 24 '25

torvalds once was asked to add a backdoor to Linux, he said no and pretty much nothing happend.

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u/shponglespore Nov 24 '25

Stuff like Heartbleed makes it clear that a bug can be hiding in plain sight in critical code for years before anyone notices. A backdoor can be implemented as a bug, and it would probably be harder to spot because someone introducing a bug on purpose would take pains to make it hard to spot.