If you are wondering whether there is a massive conspiracy to make software weaker and to hijack the work of everyone writing networked software and construct a

If you are wondering whether there is a massive conspiracy to make software weaker and to hijack the work of everyone writing networked software and construct a massive surveillance apparatus and use it against enemies of Freedom™ and randomly chosen accidental targets: the answer is yes. It has been demonstrated beyond doubt. If you're wondering whether this particular code is a consequence of all that: probably not, but if it were it would prove anything that isn't already known.