A backdoor is a backdoor = unauthorized access to a user's device. What does it matter if it's Microsoft, FBI, or the Chinese government using it? By definition, it can't be "just Microsoft" anyway, as the people who discovered this pointed out, whether it's up to Microsoft or not.

> and no one seems to be doing anything to correct the record.

Maybe Microsoft feels guilty about it? It reminds me of when a journalist asked them about Bitlocker being backdoored, and they refused to comment.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/03/can_the_nsa_b...