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a lock nobody mentioned in the sales pitch, sized exactly for one key.
means a hidden method of bypassing normal authentication or encryption to access a system, device, or account.
from literal sense predates computing — a servants entrance, a discreet way in and out of a building without using the front door; hackers borrowed the image in the 1980s for hidden access points programmers or attackers leave in software.
can be intentionaldevelopers sometimes leave debug access for themselves
famous casedual_ec_drbg encryption standard had an nsa-linked flaw
legal fightapple vs fbi hinged on refusing to build one
supply chain riskcan be inserted before software even ships