> BT was explicitly pressured to remove "dumb" components that were thoroughly vetted after they'd started removing smart components where surveillance risk was

> BT was explicitly pressured to remove "dumb" components that were thoroughly vetted after they'd started removing smart components where surveillance risk was higher. You say that as if there haven't been clever spy techniques using crazy things that took ages to detect: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/584493/soviet-spies-bugged-united-states-seven-years https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/584493/soviet-spies-bugg...