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Henchman21 82 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: U.S. Government Disclosed 39 Zero-Day Vulnerabilit...

Suddenly I felt like re-reading Ken Thompson’s essay Reflections on Trusting Trust.

We’ve created such a house of cards. I hope when it all comes crashing down that the species survives.

davisr 82 days ago [–]

Instead of hoping, you can do a lot just by ditching your cell phone and using Debian stable.

Henchman21 82 days ago | [–]

Ah yes, switching from an iPhone to Debian is sure to… checks notes save the species from extinction.

Apologies for the dismissive snark; perhaps you could provide me some examples of how this would help?

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