More and more companies seem to be forced/coerced into implementing backdoors into their chips, components, software. While the government will obviously claim

More and more companies seem to be forced/coerced into implementing backdoors into their chips, components, software. While the government will obviously claim it is for the good of its citizens, it would be nice if companies would be transparent about the matter. Maybe not shown to the average consumer, but one should be able to get a report detailing the hidden functionality that something has. By using the device/whatever I would know that I could be monitored, but at least it would be a conscious decision on my behalf. I wouldn't be at all surprised if in 5 years everything I owned was reporting my actions back to some government center.