But how far could they go? Could they compel GnuPG authors to secretly weaken GPG, along with a gag order?
I know that seems like it's taking it to the logical extreme, but if they can compel web service authors to alter their apps to insert exploits (assuming that's what happened), why couldn't they compel open source desktop app authors to do the same?
The only difference being that the GPG authors would have to be really sneaky to avoid code review. Possibly with "help" from the NSA.
I know that seems like it's taking it to the logical extreme, but if they can compel web service authors to alter their apps to insert exploits (assuming that's what happened), why couldn't they compel open source desktop app authors to do the same?
The only difference being that the GPG authors would have to be really sneaky to avoid code review. Possibly with "help" from the NSA.