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by vbezhenar 2539 days ago
How is it trashing user security?
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By running a web server with the ability to circumvent installation? It could almost be considered a backdoor
User willingly installs their software, they are not backdooring it. There are plenty of services running on every computer, including TCP servers and web servers. If you're going to call them backdoors, you've got a long list.
If I think I have installed your software and it's secretly running a web server with the ability to reinstall itself, I am calling it a backdoor. I think that list is pretty short, but perhaps I am wrong.
Look at what just happened with Zoom. The web server could be used by a malicious third-party to gain access to the system.
I don't think I understand the security implications of this either. Seems distasteful, but how could it be exploited?