[tinus_hn]

Realistically if some party made use of these backdoors regularly someone would probably have noticed the traffic already.

[speedgoose]

You have smartphones uploading location data and browser history every day for years and it almost goes unnoticed.

[tinus_hn]

That’s not a secret, it’s pretty well known. It only takes one person to notice.

[ReptileMan]

How can this go unnoticed when it is common knowledge? There is difference between don't know and don't care. So far the people that care are a tiny vocal minority. Unfortunately.

[moonchild]

So they're (probably) not used 'regularly'. That's mildly reassuring. But I have no doubt they're using it as often as they can get away with, which is more than never.

[Neil44]

I was thinking that, but if I was being smart about it I’d loop the traffic back through localhost and out of an innocent ssl connection.

[ajxs]

If you have firmware level access to a device like an NIC, you could theoretically circumvent the NIC reporting any network activity at all from your actions. This wouldn't cover external network monitoring of course, but how often do you scour the packet logs of your router's I/O?

[tinus_hn]

For it to remain a secret it has to be noticed by nobody. I do not regularly scour packet logs but you can be sure people exist who do.