I wish people thought a bit more critically when invoking NSA conspiracies in these matters. If the NSA was the primary cause, wouldn't it be much easier to sim

I wish people thought a bit more critically when invoking NSA conspiracies in these matters. If the NSA was the primary cause, wouldn't it be much easier to simply silently exclude those specific unwanted updates from an otherwise regular Patch Tuesday, instead of having Microsoft announce very publicly and vocally that something is 'off' in this patching round? Not saying the NSA doesn't influence Microsoft or others to withhold patches, but seeing the invisible hand of the NSA everywhere is not helpful for determining and criticizing when they do influence things. People seem to be able to suspend their critical thinking too easily whenever the NSA can be invoked.