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by zeroCalories 811 days ago
We probably shouldn't use your code at all, is the real answer. You can get TS, it just costs a lot of money.
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In United States, you cannot apply for a clearance. You must get a job that requires a clearance, then start application process and wait.
Who is "we"? Are you from the US by any chance? Do you mean that the US government should rewrite every piece of core architecture (including Linux, Ssh, Nginx...) from scratch? Because they are all "contaminated" and actually were created by non-americans.

If that's the case, you do you. Do you also think that all other countries should do the same, and rewrite everything from scratch for their government use (without foreign, for example American, influence)? And what about companies? Should they be forced to switch to their government's "safe" software, or can they keep using Linux and ssh? What about multi-national companies? And what even counts as a "core" software?

So yeah, I don't think it's a good idea.

We can keep it between NATO plus friends.
Wow, I can't decide which is the bigger act of sabotage to open source, your ideas or the actual backdoor.