Comment by nefitty

You're telling me you would trust that software to remain in the hands of trusted actors? In 2015, alone, the IRS was breached, LastPass, the director of the CIA, Hacking Team, even Kaspersky Labs was breached! There can be no absolute guarantee that this backdoor would remain safe indefinitely. That is just the most blatant problem, not to mention the overt displays of cynicism and misuse of authority by the NSA as revealed by the Snowden leaks. Consider the political climate in the US at the moment. Now imagine a truly evil actor came into power, being handed over control of organizations with unheard-of amounts of surveillance power. I don't mean to seem paranoid, but in this case the feeling is completely warranted.