It is striking that such a backdoor in seemingly safe OSs like Linux and FreeBSD, is nearly completely unknown one year after the revelation. No social media outcries, no mention on the TV, no debates, no comments from people like Torvalds and Stallman (though I by no means imply they were direcly involved).<p>The reason why is remains a "secret" is that the whole matter is deeply, deeply political.<p>We are amidst a new Cold War -this time between the US and China. The sole purpose of this backdoor could be exactly to spy on the Chinese government or corporations.<p>Yet we all know that the NSA would not limit the use of the backdoor to that.