There is no such thing as a backdoor for good guys. Once you place a backdoor, you compromise the safety and privacy of all your users. A third party or bad guys will get access to it and abuse it further. The concept of a “backdoor for good guys” is fundamentally flawed and dangerous. It sets a dangerous precedent. Security and privacy should be absolute. There’s no safe way to create a backdoor that can’t be exploited by malicious actors. #privacy #security #infosec

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Smaug: Previous owners installed a backdoor in MY mountain? Well, it’ll probably be fine.
Also Smaug: Patches break things. My armor is fine without patching.
Thranduil: But that barrel port’s for outbound traffic only. It’s not a backdoor. It’s fine.
Theoden: The Deeping Wall has never been breached. That tiny backdoor culvert is fine.
Sauron: The old backdoor tunnel past Cirith Ungol? It’s always had Shelob securing it. It’s fine.