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by Que 5433 days ago
Wow, I've seen some sensationalistic articles before but this one is pretty sweet.

Let me see if I can recap on the main points.

1) There supposedly is software that doesn't appear to exist anywhere outside of a research lab.

2) This software as written doesn't actually do what it is reported nefariously to do because it is bugged.

3) It clearly declares the capabilities it intends to use to the user via a standard install screen which can be declined.

In summation, there may or may not be a program somewhere that isn't currently functional and of which the true intent is unknown.

If the above is accurate then I might have reports of thousands of trojans across various operating systems, or maybe I don't, who knows!

1 comments

Applaud

You've successfully made me laugh-out-loud. I was thinking the same thing, but probably could not have made it sound as humorous.