Supply chain backdoors may be impossible to fully purge, researchers urge compiler security
jd_pressman · x · 2026-09-19
xlr8harder argues that if backdoors go deep enough into the supply chain, you can never be sure you've removed them—and calls for special effort securing compiler build systems. Laneless adds that if offense outpaces defense enough, we may lose the ability to secure anything at all.
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