What authorities whould that be? The Department of Justice? The same DoJ that is constantly pushing for backdoors to encryption? Good luck with that! The "researchers" just might receive junior agent badges instead.
Maybe it was those very authorities who wanted them there. Lot's of things have gotten patched and the backdoors don't work as well as they used to... gotta get clever.
The fact that both of the researchers seem to be of Chinese origin should definitely raise some questions. Not the first time things like this have been tried.
Does the name "Aditya Pakki" really seem remotely "Chinese" or "Russian"? You might be a racist if you can't identify an obviously South Asian name as such. Although, honestly, even racists should be able to figure out the surname.
