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> The alleged presence of these hardware “back doors” remains highly classified. Why wouldn't they want to warn citizens and businesses about this?

• darkchasma 13y ago
  I would guess that in the game of spy vs. spy, you never show your hand. If I declare that a chip has a backdoor, then the enemy knows, and won't use it. New chips and doors will be created. But if I sit on it, then the bad guys may try something, and you can intercept it, or defend against it, or even exploit it yourself.
  • mpyne 13y ago
    Bingo. As Mortal Kombat 3 said (for some reason), "There is no Knowledge, which is not Power".
  • caf 13y ago
    ...or allow them to exfiltrate planted information.
• SkyMarshal 13y ago
  This could be an intentional "leak" to do just that.