Don't they know any backdoor will undoubtedly be found and spread? People find vine abilities in software designed to be secure. When there is an intentional backdoor, it will be abused even quicker.
My worst fear isn't this causing damage, my worst fear is that the tech community will be apathetic and impotent, like they have been all other erosions of privacy so far.
What happens 2 decades down the track when a newly elected government suddenly realises that through 20 years of apathy they've been slowly handed every tool they need to turn themselves into the 4th Reich?
Terrifying. Wickr for all comms, here I go.