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Comment by perihelions

Some discussion happened here (issue closed by owner):

https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/issues/1252

The malware (at the very least) makes the user's machine the exit node of a commercial proxy service, without users' knowledge or consent.

In the repo maintainer's own words (in a "privacy" menu setting that was enabled by default):

>"Share devide IP with Spider.com customers to pass traffic through your device."

>"Learn more about privacy policy at {0}. To opt out an option, you can uncheck it, then click 'Save' or 'Apply' button below. It will be disabled immediately."

https://github.com/d2phap/ImageGlass/blob/51f9f5eaa17f6fc42e...

parent perihelions 4 years ago

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