[tor-talk] BBC: NSA and GCHQ agents 'leak Tor bugs', alleges developer

[Patrick Schleizer]

Cypher:
> On 08/24/2014 09:43 PM, Michael Wolf wrote:
> The article was very interesting - except the part about 'here's how you
> might want to fix this'. I certainly hope that the Tor project /is not/
> accepting patches submitted by NSA or GCHQ! Sure, I realize those
> agencies could very easily embed someone within the project (in fact,
> don't a few of the Tor project folks work in intel?) but developing a
> trusting relationship by accepting patches just seems like a bad idea to me.

How would they know the patches are made by someone paid by NSA or GCHQ?
If they reject patches with the reason "made by NSA or GCHQ", I would
assume that they will create a number of fake identities [if they don't
already have them in abundance] and submit patches using fake identities
by then.