Speaking at the keynote LinuxCon panel this year, Linus Torvalds, who created the open-source Linux operating system 22 years ago, revealed that the government had approached him about installing a backdoor into system's structure. Linux is the preferred operating system for the privacy conscious infosec community.

It's just the latest in a string of revelations illustrating how the NSA have for a number of years attempted to intervene in the very structuring of online communications and cryptography to enable easier surveillance.

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EWeek.com reported on Torvalds' panel admission (although the suggestion is that the Linux creator resisted government pressure):