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JOHN MCAFEE: The NSA's back door has given every US secret to our enemies
Deng Xiaoping, in 1979 - his second year as supreme leader of China - perceived a fundamental truth that has yet to be fully grasped by most Western leaders: Software, if properly weaponized, could be far more destructive than any nuclear arsenal. Under Deng’s leadership, China began one of the most ambitious and sophisticated meta- software development programs ever undertaken.
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That's the important bit that gets lost by the NSAs of the world (and most of the western world as well). Backdoors work both ways. Security is only as strong as the weakest link, and if you actively undermine the security of a product for your own needs, undoubtedly someone else will find this security flaw as well and will make use of this.