Remember Government vs. MS case, where MS ultimately got what many people called a &quot;slap on the wrist&quot; [1]<p>I have nothing but a conjectures here, however, I always believed MS made a deal with the Government to give them a backdoor in exchange for far lesser settlement [2]<p>So I&#x27;m not surprised for Gates position here. It&#x27;s mainly to justify his and MS earlier decision to give into the government&#x27;s requests.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;United_States_v._Microsoft_Corp.#Settlement" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;United_States_v._Microsoft_Cor...</a><p>[2] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gnu.org&#x2F;proprietary&#x2F;malware-microsoft.en.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gnu.org&#x2F;proprietary&#x2F;malware-microsoft.en.html</a>