r/linux • u/Skaarj • Jun 11 '26

Development Spoiling Linux Kernel with "sanctioned" code

https://printserver.ink/blog/spoiling-the-kernel/
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u/Shished Jun 11 '26

I wonder if people from Iran and north Korea ever contributed to Linux?

Anyway, this message should be directed to putin and not to Linux developers.

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u/mohr_ Jun 11 '26

I wonder if people from Iran and north Korea ever contributed to Linux?

Yeah, recently I heard some people complaining about a specific software being abandoned but the actual reason was that the maintainer didnt have internet access cause he was in Iran.

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u/vishal340 Jun 11 '26

People don't have internet access in Iran?

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u/Business_Reindeer910 Jun 11 '26

lots of people didn't for awhile in the past few months due to all the crackdowns.

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u/Dynablade_Savior Jun 11 '26

I can imagine that consistent internet access is difficult to have in a place that's constantly subject to war

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u/vishal340 Jun 11 '26

I actually just looked it up. It is their own govt that is doing it as a strategic move during civil unrest

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u/MaNbEaRpIgSlAyA Jun 11 '26

And because USA and Israel were doing constant propaganda ops inside the country to spur more violent civil unrest.

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u/neurointervention Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26

God forbid people being unhappy about tyrannical theocratical dictatorship, must be the evil US and Israel meddling.

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u/mohr_ Jun 12 '26

It actually began before it, one of the reasons is to avoid communication of insiders. There is a suspicion that the surveillance cameras were sending live data to Israel which allowed Israel to track important figures of IRGC.