[protocolture]

> it's too easy for a dictatorship to force something

We really need to get rid of this mentality. Australia has laws that allow undisclosed, compelled, software updates. Verbally by ministers, but written (confidential) changes can be requested by federal agencies. Many western countries have followed to various degrees. There's no stable trusted government that doesn't want its fingers in your code.

[geenat]

I agree it's not good but being realistic: I'd be far less worried about the Australian government stealing/selling customer data, using my servers in a botnet, using my servers to spread malware.. etc.

Mainland China, Russia, North Korea, all have proven track records of doing these things and having corporate espionage rat lines: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y27B-sKIUHA

[jamie0]

a backdoor would still be a backdoor - even if the "good guys" made it. e.g. Dual_EC_DRBG

[bigiain]

And from outside, it certainly seems like those “good guys” are edging closer and closer to a malicious dictatorship recently. (If you don’t see that from inside, try asking a trans person. Or a non white person. Or a Canadian. Or a woman who wants reproductive health care.)

[cmsj]

You're not worried about a member of the Five Eyes coalition stealing data? Wild.

[protocolture]

strong speculation that fortigates annual SSL VPN CVE's are simply government backdoors.