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> There's no reason these guys would be significantly more likely to screw you over than literally any software vendor. No reason? Compared to literally any so

• ryanlol 8y ago
  Why would that be a reason? Why would they want to harm their existing business by acting like that? How would they benefit anyway? Installs aren't worth shit. They'd be better off going to a forum and buying thousands of installs for their malware if they wanted to spy on people, the kinds of people renting out their facebook accounts certainly won't be particularly interesting targets. If someone wanted to "install a backdoor or steal your personal files including but not limited to personal photos, electronic tax records, banking information, etc," this would be the worst imaginable way of achieving that.
  • smallgovt 8y ago
    >> Why would that be a reason? In short, because of Bayes' theorem. That is: - X% of people with "questionable" morals are willing to scam you when given the opportunity - <X% of people with "standard" morals are willing to scam you when given the opportunity Given that these guys have "questionable" morals, the likelihood that they are taking advantage of their software to inflict harm is higher than those with "standard" morals.