[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.