I highly doubt that this particular bug was due to a shadowy government agency or that type of collusion. It's more likely that someone fucked up, it can happen

I highly doubt that this particular bug was due to a shadowy government agency or that type of collusion. It's more likely that someone fucked up, it can happen to anyone. You have to look at it from a game-theoretic perspective. Assuming there is collusion between Apple and NSA, it would at least __look__ intentional.