> No offense but that's not really relevant to the question at hand A backdoor that can be used by law enforcement is one that can potentially (probably) be mi

> No offense but that's not really relevant to the question at hand A backdoor that can be used by law enforcement is one that can potentially (probably) be misused by law enforcement, privileged parties, foreign governments, parties with leverage over the implementer or intermediate agents, plain old hackers, etc. My concern is unauthorized, inappropriate, or overzealous use of a backdoor by any one of these, which I believe to be a threat to national security. Perhaps some random citizen being compromised isn’t necessarily a national security threat, but large groups being compromised or particular key individuals (industrial leaders, government officials, etc) certainly could be. I agree this sidelines law enforcement to some extent, but then again by design so do many rights US citizens possess. Thus my explicit use of “foreign and domestic”.