> They either have a backdoor, or have the capability to add a backdoor in the hardware that generates those keys in the first place
> That's never been my stance
It took you about a day to go from being absolutely sure of a thing, to absolutely sure you've never believed that thing.
The first quote was about them having nearly unlimited power for targeted surveillance and the second was about not having such power for mass surveillance. You keep confusing them.
Just stick to your original claim that I responded to - I addressed it in the second half of my previous comment which you glossed over.