[drivingmenuts]

If you don’t trust MacOS or Windows, why would you trust Linux? With the first two, sure, they could “do something bad” to compromise you, but why would they? With Linux, yes, you have access to the source, but can you absolutely guarantee that someone hasn’t “done something bad” to compromise your system?

It’s not a matter of idealism, it’s a matter of reality. How long would it take a person of the Posters level of paranoia to guarantee they weren’t somehow compromised? And how long would it take to recheck on update?

There’s a point where the fear of bad actors becomes counterproductive.

[perl4ever]

Linux has been improved over the years with patches originally developed by the NSA, and what paranoiac wouldn't welcome that?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security-Enhanced_Linux