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by account42 42 days ago
So it's a backdoor to bypass the browser sandbox. Spyware is an apt label for that.
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ascorbic 42 days ago
It's not a backdoor: it's using a feature for the purpose for which it was designed. It's not granting plugins access to anything except itself
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Razengan 42 days ago
It's the sheer gall of doing shit like that on my system without asking me. Creating a shitload of files to modify the settings of OTHER apps, wtaf?

I asked Codex to look into it: https://i.imgur.com/lvOjR0x.png

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