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by mindslight 4689 days ago
There'd be plenty of ways to use existing network traffic as a side channel when you've tapped the network a few hops away (eg adjusting packet timings or sequence numbers). Also, a backdoor doesn't have to be active all the time (although that would hinder dragnet surveillance)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6149345