It’s just like the back doors that Microsoft has been putting into its OSes.
NSA Built Back Door In All Windows Software by 1999
http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2013/06/microsoft-programmed-in-nsa-backdoor-in-windows-by-1999.html
NSA Backdoor Exploit in Windows 8 Uncovered
http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/08/22/nsa-windows-8-exploit/
I’m sure Windows 10 will have them, too!
Bottom line. If you are online, then you are being watched.