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John Mearsheimer's book "Why Leaders Lie" has a great definition on three forms of deception [1]:
* Lying - Making a knowingly false statement to deceive
* Spinning - Emphasis / de-emphasis certain parts of fact to tell a favorable story
* Concealment - Hiding certain facts to deceive
If I detect someone is "lying" (in your broader definition) I would now use the word 'dishonest' instead.
[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2013/05/20/deceiving-withou...
Isn't it same for windows right now? `.msi` and `.exe` can execute arbitrary code right?