Its a justifiable worldview. I'm an Indian dev and I've seen obvious backdoors like these added to the backlog as a low priority bug. If somebody spends time on this, that means features are being delayed and you are rewarded less.

I've worked in lambda web editor (not in Git) and my lead considered replacing sql injection with parameterised queries was a distraction/insubordination. Cant wait till audits, data breach insurance and imprisonment becomes the reality.