IOW, it's not a technical problem, it's a social one. "The NSA" isn't a person. If "the NSA" has access to a backdoor that means there are possibly hundreds of

IOW, it's not a technical problem, it's a social one. "The NSA" isn't a person. If "the NSA" has access to a backdoor that means there are possibly hundreds of people who have access to that backdoor, every single one being a mere human being. It's not a secure golden key in a glass box with the label "in case of emergency break glass". It's a note on a shared whiteboard in an open plan office.