spir posted on Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:49:24 +0100 as excerpted:
> Was meaning possible spying features in closed-source software coming
> who-knows-where from. Some governments have adopted FLOSS as a general
> rule for this very reason
Or perhaps more accurately, black-box software
"everyone-knows-all-too-well-where-from."
Try this one on for size if you've any doubts:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_pipeline_sabotage
Given that that the French DST was involved in that thru...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_Dossier ...
it's little wonder they're paranoid of blackbox software
"everyone-knows-all-too-well-where-from."
(To be fair, the control software /was/ stolen,
not properly bought, but still...)
--
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman
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