IMO proposing we "disallow remote updates" because we don't know what backdoors could be sneaked into devices is akin to proposing we outlaw fudging spreadsheet

IMO proposing we "disallow remote updates" because we don't know what backdoors could be sneaked into devices is akin to proposing we outlaw fudging spreadsheets because we don't trust accountants. It's not really practical or enforceable. If a world power wants to hide something nasty in silicon or software, a bug bounty program isn't going to cut it. Maybe if the government had a genius-savant who could stare at silicon dies and find malicious circuits.