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Because if the add-on just opens up a backdoor, the author can do more specifically targeted things at their whim rather than blasting everyone who installed it
by Qwertystop 8y ago
Because if the add-on just opens up a backdoor, the author can do more specifically targeted things at their whim rather than blasting everyone who installed it? Harder to get caught.
- horsawlarway 8y agoStill zero need for this kind of exploit. The author of the addon can already do specifically targeted things at whim at a later point in time.
- nightski 8y agoI mean it was already maliciously exploited in a highly used addon. It was a lot easier to slip in a short one liner than some highly suspicious "hack the user" blob of code. It was also extremely flexible. They could then do different things to each person instead of one fixed attack.