You know the answer to this, but that&#x27;s not the point. The old system did not prevent crooked agent to have access as well.<p>The problem here is much bigger, because they assume that no one in the world (including foreign governments) would be able to figure out how to exploit backdoor(s).<p>Imagine a foreign government eventually would discover it. Such knowledge would be extremely powerful weapon in cyber warfare. What McCain is suggesting is extremely dumb, even if he&#x27;s not concerned about our privacy.