The #Pegasus affair shows that complex systems have backdoors that can be turned against everyone by malicious interests. This could affect hardware too.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/20/pegasus-project-sparks-
clamour-for-investigations-into-use-of-nso-spyware

The general discussion should nevertheless not drift away from the question about the (il-)legitimacy of such companies/government
actions.