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[–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

The concepts they're referring to have more to do with Ken Thompson's Trusting Trust essay. Laurie Wired recently came out with an episode about it. It's a rather intractable problem in computing, and unfortunately, even with the best practices to overcome it, you can never be 100% sure that your system is completely free of compromise.

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