Subj : Re: macOS 26
To   : apam
From : tenser
Date : Fri Sep 26 2025 02:23 am

On 25 Sep 2025 at 03:57a, apam pondered and said...
 
 ap> But really who knows if linus is not an evil hacker in truth putting back
 ap> doors in linux.. we know because a) he has a good reputation and b) the
 ap> code can be viewed and audited.

I don't think anyone's seriously worried about that, specifically.

I think people are more worried about him getting hit by a bus
while crossing the street: what becomes of Linux once Linus is
gone?  For that matter, what do you do if he has a midlife crisis
and leaves to go live on a hippy commune somewhere and vows to
never touch technology again?  In a lot of ways that situation is
worse: there may be a clear plan for what happens if he dies or
is medically incapacitated, but there are probably some weird IP
entanglements that are a lot messier if he just walks away.

What is more worrying, and what _should_ be more worrying, are all
of the many, many blobs of closed-source firmware that run before,
during, and after your main OS.  That's the obvious place to inject
supply chain stuff these days.

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