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And the discussion descends into the exact kind of security absolutism that he was warning about...

With all due respect, Linus doesn't know everything. Lately he's been abusing his cult of personality to ultracrepidate on topics such as machine learning https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/3ciqkl/linux_c... and now provable security.

What i see is one guy giving his honest opinion during a public event.

He does not bring up the topic, others do. But when they do, he gives an honest response.