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I'm a retired computer consultant, with many years working with military and government computers. In the early years of mainframes we always had full access to source code, we signed a non-disclosure agreement with the vendor which provided for a severe penalty if I released any of the source code to anyone not authorized to see it. I can remember occasions when we tracked down a problem, or found a vulnerability by reviewing the source code
That era is long gone with Microsoft, Sun, and other OSes used by the military in critical, sensitive, and classified situations. As a systems admin with such systems, I had no means of reviewing or verifying the actual software in use, it was not vetted by any oorganization and, since 9/11, it seems inconceivable to me that Al Qaeda or other like oorganizationsdon't have some people working in Redmond or Silicon Valley, adding trap doors and vulnerabilities that become widely distributed, and are even now running not only on sensitive military and government computers, but also on my laptop.
I've read occasionally that NSA in the USA tests some OSes, but that doesn't fill me with much confidence.
An investigative article about this subject would be very interesting.
Today even much of our infrastructure, banking, transportation, are highly dependent on these "invisible" OSes.
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This is something that all of us have thought about i'm sure.
Are we just paranoid or is this really possible?
Would make a great article. I'm just not sure how MM would go about it.
Phil.
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Im not interested in the military they kill people.
 The Lost Artifact is not lost. Why? Because I have it.
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So do terrorists....and they don't care who!
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so there is a difference is there.
The Lost Artifact is not lost. Why? Because I have it.
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Yep....the terrorists try to kill you and your family to make a point about their beliefs....the military protect you and your family from the terrorists regardless of anyones beliefs.
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Democracy - basically. (it deserves saving - even if that takes military force)
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