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Security backdoors extremely prevalent

According to Wikipedia a backdoor (or cryptosystem or algorithm) is a method of bypassing normal authentication, securing illegal local or remote access to a computer or network device while attempting to remain undetected. The backdoor may take the form an installed program (e.g., Back Orifice) or may subvert the system through a rootkit - or the manufacturer could have built in a hard coded user login and password to satisfy its own, or national security agency needs.

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