They embedded the backdoor password right into it. Clearly they should have embedded the hash of the password instead. Then it would be unbreakable and no other party would be able to use the backdoor.
Hashing passwords is extremely basic security practice.
Or you know, that's just one obvious backdoor they put in, to divert from the other 2-3 non-obvious they have.
I see the benefit of inserting multiple backdoors. But none of them should be vulnerable to rival nations.
Which is an empty statement when it comes to security principles. If you've placed a backdoor (and some are blatantly obvious if you look for it, like some SSL issues), then others can use it too. Most backdoors are not of the "we have an encrypted password only we know" variety, but of the purposeful hole to exploit.
>I see the benefit of inserting multiple backdoors. But none of them should be vulnerable to rival nations.
Except if the idea is to monitor the local population, and you do not care that much if others monitor them too.