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- Not you personally. I have experience with HN comments. Just covering my bases. - No, it's not the case here. Unless you can prove it. There's no evidence it
by brianbarker 10y ago
- Not you personally. I have experience with HN comments. Just covering my bases.
- No, it's not the case here. Unless you can prove it. There's no evidence it was done intentionally.
- ht85 10y agoWhen I say it was done intentionally, I mean opening an authentication-less was intentional. It could be disguised as an access for their own service and the real purpose be mass surveillance, or it could be a simple mistake in a big codebase, but the "door" is definitely not a bug. Even though nowadays we keep hearing about nefarious backdoors, they used to simply refer to hidden service entrances for software creators, a completely legitimate use.
- linkregister 10y agoIndeed, this is a valid definition of backdoor.