In fact the problem is much worse than erroneously prophesyzed in Gibson's nightmares. Had it been a real backdoor, it would had implied purposeful intent and control (though, obviously, malicious). Rather, the mess is largely due to careless coding, and is only the last of a score of horrendous vulnerabilities which, in great part, stem from braindead design decisions.
And who knows how many still lie in the zillions lines of code written so far... lurking in the dark.
Where do you want to be bitten today?

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