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    The NSA, the original primary developer of SELinux, released the first version to the open source development community under the GNU GPL on December 22, 2000.[6] The software was merged into the mainline Linux kernel 2.6.0-test3, released on 8 August 2003. Other significant contributors include Red Hat, Network Associates, Secure Computing Corporation, Tresys Technology, and Trusted Computer Solutions.

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    [–] the_crotch 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    The Linux community was pretty paranoid about the NSA in 2000, so the code definitely got a lot more scrutiny than the typical proposal.

    It's not paranoia if it's true. Snowden showed us that they really are spying on all of us all the time

    [–] ricecake 4 points 1 month ago

    Paranoia in the sense of being concerned with the ill intent of others, not the sense of an irrational worry about about persecution. Much like how the intelligence community itself is said to have institutional paranoia.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    It is much harder now that https is the standard. They still can work wig individual companies but that's a much smaller scope.

    [–] the_crotch 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    If they're in your OS they see the data before it's encrypted

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

    Exactly

    They first need access. That's not hard with proprietary focused operating systems but with a properly secured Linux or AOSP system it is much more tricky.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

    I'm out of the loop.

    What exactly did Snowden show us?