Imagine the government demanding a key to your home, promising only police would use it. Then, a hostile foreign power steals it and walks in.
This just happened. "Salt Typhoon," a Chinese-sponsored group, exploited backdoors built for US intelligence. There is no safe backdoor.
Joseph Lorenzo Hall, PhD
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2025-10-17 00:15:03 UTC
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