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It's also the responsibility of users to protect their own computers from intrusion from hackers.
This is true, but what does this have to do with the government mandating the companies make their **** less secure for the sole purpose the of the government being able to spy on people?
If you don't like windows having a backdoor, then don't use windows.
Did the government mandate that Microsoft have a backdoor in their products?
There are other better platforms now anyway.
Become one of the 10 people on the whole entire planet who use Linux or Mac? No thank you. I actually like to do stuff with my computer like play new video games without the aid of a emulator or convert files. The only emulators I have on my computer are for video game consoles. Less bugs,spyware and viruses due to scarcity is not a selling point nor is a lack of compatibility.
I'm sure if such a backdoor becomes made, people on the net will find a way to compensate. They always do, because they are smarter than the government when it comes to computers.
If the government mandated that companies make their products less secure why wouldn't they make it illegal for you or I to make our stuff a 100% secure? Perceived government incompetence is no reason to let the government do what ever they want to do.