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Is Germany Looking to Put a Backdoor into Arch Linux? (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 week ago by yogthos@lemmygrad.ml to c/technology@lemmygrad.ml

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[–] Collatz_problem@hexbear.net 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The compiler can introduce vulnerabilities only on some specific instructions, although it makes it difficult to propagate it further to new compilers.

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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 1 week ago

Good point, verifying a disassembled binary wouldn't exhaustively prove the compiler is safe.

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