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Yes. But this completely invalidates the encryption. If anyone can decrypt your data without you giving the keys to them, it is not really encrypted.
Its not anyone though. Not anyone can get a warrant and demand the keys
what happens when fydor monikov the sleeper agent from the kgb working at the fbi gets a copy of these master keys
Are they really sleepers any more?
Yes, according to whistleblowers from the CIA. Russia and China are regularly doing this
Just to clarify... my question wasn't "do sleepers exist" it was should we continue to call them sleepers when they have broad access to the administrative branch of the US government.