Unplugging 2013 | LINUX Unplugged 21

In the final moments of 2013 our virtual LUG shares their expectations and predictions for 2014. We’ll debate some of the most anticipated changes.

Plus a frank Slackware discussion, rolling Ubuntu is back again, your emails, and more!

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Into 2014

NSA reportedly intercepting laptops purchased online to install spy malware

The report indicates that the NSA, in collaboration with the CIA and FBI, routinely and secretly intercepts shipping deliveries for laptops or other computer accessories in order to implant bugs before they reach their destinations. According to Der Spiegel, the NSA\’s TAO group is able to divert shipping deliveries to its own \”secret workshops\” in a method called interdiction, where agents load malware onto the electronics or install malicious hardware that can give US intelligence agencies remote access.

The report indicates that the NSA, in collaboration with the CIA and FBI, routinely and secretly intercepts shipping deliveries for laptops or other computer accessories in order to implant bugs before they reach their destinations. According to Der Spiegel, the NSA\’s TAO group is able to divert shipping deliveries to its own \”secret workshops\” in a method called interdiction, where agents load malware onto the electronics or install malicious hardware that can give US intelligence agencies remote access.

Mail Sack:

Why no love for Slackware

Question for next week:

Does groupthink / management by consensus tamper open source innovation. Does backlash to aggressive and sometimes new or “risky” ideas inhibit bold invitations?
Example: Debian can’t get off the pot about their init. Choosing systemd would impact 0.8% of their user base negatively (according to voluntary stats) and be beneficial for Linux as a whole not just Debian. Yet they can’t make the call.