Not surprisingly, the US government’s national security officials oppose full encryption by American technology companies, arguing that the country will be less safe if the proper authorities have no “backdoor” – a piece of code that lets them in. Software engineers call backdoors “vulnerabilities,” deliberate efforts to weaken security.
毫不奇怪，美国政府国家安全部门反对美国科技公司进行充分加密，指出如果有关部门得不到“后门”——让它们窥探信息的代码——美国的安全就得不到保障。软件工程师将后门称为“弱点”，即刻意削减安全性的措施。他们认为，要求留下后门就好比要求汽车制造商采用有缺陷的发动机。