Joseph Lorenzo Hall, PhDThe Salt Typhoon hack ended the debate on safe lawful access. State-sponsored attackers didn't just breach networks; they explicitly targeted mandated wiretap systems. Backdoors don't just weaken security; they become the ultimate prize for advanced adversaries. 1/2
Add AI to the equation and the danger multiplies. Mythos-like models autonomously find vulnerabilities and write exploits, collapsing the time-to-exploit to hours. Mandating backdoors while defenders face machine-speed attacks is a severe national security risk. 2/2