Oh I mean I noticed but everyone just called me insane.

Microsoft has yet to explain how or why the lapse occurred.

Because the NSA told them to have that lapse.

Thus they literally cannot legally tell you, that would be a breach of national security.

... are tech writers really this naive?

How is this not obvious?

They're backdoors. It's a lock that's 'secretly' broken, on purpose.

Duh?