How safe is it to buy Linux distributions on ebay

[Lee Braiden]

On Sunday 04 September 2005 22:51, Rajiv Vyas wrote:
> People have talked about backdoor on Win XP. I was wondering: How safe
> is it to buy Knoopix, Ubuntu or other distros on ebay? Could a smart
> hacker emabde a script that could secretly export your personal info?
> These questions came to my mind as I am finding it almost impossibe to
> burn CDs on Ubuntu and have been thinking about buying something on
> the ebay.

YES, they could.  Even a not-so-smart teenager could.

But why buy it on ebay at all?  The best distros are Free as in Freedom *and* 
price :)

-- 
Lee Braiden
http://www.DigitalUnleashed.com
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