I guess I’d be less skeptical if they didn’t already have access to so much more data than any one distro would give them, even if it was running all the fucking servers you mentioned. You even pointed out that they have SELinux so why would they need to make any distros?
You and I agree that there’s no reason for the NSA to backdoor an OS. It’s actually in their best interests to have a secured linux OS, and just buy/collect the metadata they want.
I guess I’d be less skeptical if they didn’t already have access to so much more data than any one distro would give them, even if it was running all the fucking servers you mentioned. You even pointed out that they have SELinux so why would they need to make any distros?
You and I agree that there’s no reason for the NSA to backdoor an OS. It’s actually in their best interests to have a secured linux OS, and just buy/collect the metadata they want.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/tech/the-nsa-buys-americans-internet-data-newly-released-documents-show/index.html