But wouldn't you say this is better than OPENLY requiring a backdoor? Because if NSA had access (via their own hacking or asked for backdoors in secret), than it is much easier for new people to make new (backdoor free) hardware and software that is harder/impossible to hack, allowing people to have security and privacy once again just by switching, even if it's temporary.

But if government OPENLY requires backdoors then all new hardware and software would need to meet this new standard, which is easier for the government to control.

So I think it's better to fight the government in the shadows than in the open, in this regard.