[Marco van Herwaarden]

Originally Posted by The Geek

A redirect to the install button isnt really a back-door, nor a security breach especially considering that no coder can tell who the install was or where it came from. No personal or server info could have been passed.
Therefore Im with Paul on that one.

My official response to this:

Read the thread title. It is not about if it is harmfull or not. It is not about if the coder could use an auto-install to get privacy sensitive information. It is about breaking the trust of our members by adding hidden functionality to a modification. Period.


Now back to your example on a personal level, i think i could give you some reasons in a pm that would also show that even this is disclosing things.