It's worth noting that the same bunch of people responsible for this mistake are those who want the public to believe they're sufficiently responsible and trustworthy to:
a) Safely store and analyse the results of mass public surveillance.
b) Hold 'master' keys to encrypted systems.
Of course no-one in the know seriously believes either claim, but this is a great counter-example to put to the general public.
And that right there is the central issue with the whole concept of a "trusted third party" in encryption. Three people can only keep a secret if two of them are dead.
The biggest problem is not this mistake but the total control and surveillance they are seeking and the persecution of those that try to defy them like Snowden.
a) Safely store and analyse the results of mass public surveillance.
b) Hold 'master' keys to encrypted systems.
Of course no-one in the know seriously believes either claim, but this is a great counter-example to put to the general public.