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NSA Releases Security-Enhanced Android

Posted by timothy on from the but-don't-worry dept.

An anonymous reader writes with the recent news that, in line with its goal to provide secure phones to government employees in various domains, "The NSA has released a set of security enhancements to Android. These appear to be based on SELinux, which was also originally created by the NSA."

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  1. Re:Enhancement, from the NSA? by pushing-robot · · Score: 5, Funny

    One source said it has twice as many backdoors as SELinux. Another source said ten times as many.

    I think they're both correct.

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  2. Re:Is it secure from the NSA et al? by The+Grim+Reefer · · Score: 4, Funny

    or just direct a satellite to read the reflections on your glasses.

    Sorry, we're talking about the NSA, not CSI.

    This is probably appropriate too.

  3. Re:Enhancement, from the NSA? by justforgetme · · Score: 4, Funny

    While I don't necessarily disagree with your premise; could I interest you in one of my new security enhanced tinfoil hats?

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