The consistency with which networking hardware companies produce such garbage is crazy.

And it’s always amateur hour backdoors somehow. If it was something sophisticated they might get a pass on „ok some security agency made them do it probably“

Or the amateur hour backdoors are those that are found.

Or the amateur hour backdoors are there to be found.

Sad truth is that too few customers pay extra for proper security. And even then it is questionable will you get it.

They didn't produce garbage by accident. They followed a plan and made a decision.