this is the first i've heard of the govt intercept backdoor and he doesn't give a reference.  a quick google is turning up only references to this article.  anyone have more details?<p>edit: from reddit: <a href="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/01/google-and-china-the-attacks-and-their-aftermath.ars" rel="nofollow">http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/01/google-and-c...</a><p>"Google's security team managed to penetrate one of the servers being used by the attackers, which was how the full extent of the attack—more than 30 companies—was revealed."<p>and that points to this article: <a href="http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?newsid=28293" rel="nofollow">http://www.macworld.co.uk/digitallifestyle/news/index.cfm?ne...</a><p>"Right before Christmas, it was, 'Holy s<i></i>*, this malware is accessing the internal intercept [systems]" which seems to be the source of the "backdoor" details.<p>that's also the source quoted here: <a href="http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100114_google_china_and_lawful_intercept/" rel="nofollow">http://www.circleid.com/posts/20100114_google_china_and_lawf...</a> (nice article)