Comic #3993: backdoors

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Top Panel: Person on the left: "I just don’t see why the government needs a backdoor to all software." Person on the right: "You make it sound so sordid."

Middle Left Panel: Person on the right: "Consider this: you’re wearing clothes. That’s fine, but how do we know you’re not hiding something in there?"

Middle Right Panel: Person on the left: "We don’t want you to go without clothes, so we offer a simple compromise."

Bottom Left Panel: Person on the right: "We make it so that all of your clothes are see-thru all the time, but only for a small group of distant people whose identity and motives are secret to you."

Bottom Right Panel: Person on the left: "That analogy just makes it seem worse." Person on the right: "Analogy?"