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by hedora 1597 days ago
Welcome to the rabbit hole!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2020/world/national-...

The whole thing is worth reading, but be sure to read the section “The Irreplaceable Man” if you work anywhere near computer security. Once you understand the tactics used by crypto front companies to keep their employees in the dark, it should be pretty easy to spot such companies from the inside.

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Good read, and it hints at just how absolutely nuts the situation is be today with almost everyone in the world having cellphones, tablets, laptops and what else running predominantly American-designed software and hardware.

Nothing is private or secure.

See also, the story of allegations of attempted tampering of OpenVPN: https://lwn.net/Articles/420858/
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