[mr_mitm]

> It doesn't matter what fancy word we are using

No, words have meaning and we should be using the correct terminology. A backdoor usually means that the product is delivered straight from the manufacturer with a way to bypass the authentication set up by the user. By rootkit we typically mean a program that is installed after the product has been deployed and then gives the possibility to bypass authentication.

Both are bad, but one is arguably worse than the other, because one sets every user at risk, the other is much more targeted.

> what matters is that our systems are compromised by an agency

Chinese systems were compromised by an American agency. That's pretty much their job description and business as usual for a spy agency in any country. You can be outraged at that, but if the NSA were putting backdoors in the Linux kernel, then they'd put the whole world including their own citizens at risk, which is arguably even worse.