Okay, there's NSA code in android. Is it defacto a backdoor? my understanding was that SE-Linux was simply a configuration, not a special program. Could someone explain?
If not for the fact that "NSA=big brother" is a trending story outside of highly techy circles, I would think this article was a piece of satire. Even its main point that it can quote them saying the NSA's code tries to be invisible to apps and users doesn't mean anything, because, that is the point, to transparrently offer increased security without inconveniencing everyone.
If the NSA wanted to slip a back door into the kernel, they would do something much more sneaky, such that it looks like an innocent mistake in some random part of the code.