# Daring Fireball: Chinese Government Hackers Compromise 'Back Door for the Good Guys' in U.S. Communication Networks

<https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/10/07/china-calea-back-door-hack>

- Host: [daringfireball.net](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/daringfireball.net/)
- Saved: October 10, 2024 (2024-10-10T22:59:56Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d92612d6bbc4/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d92612d6bbc4.json

## What Jamie wrote

Great summery from Gruber highlighting why "back doors" around encryption or security measures are a terrible idea. There is no way to limit their use to only the intended beneficiaries.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT296: Weekly Thing 296 / Awk, Fav, Alarmo](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/296/), Notable

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## Elsewhere

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