RMTers discuss P1999 dsetup.dll "includes some NSA-level intrusive scans on your PC"

[Alaron01]

Originally Posted by Ostros [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

"It's perfectly reasonable to be tinfoil over a .dll file, but asking me to investigate facts is just silly." Alaron01 - 2015

Downloading executable code off the internet is like sticking your dick into a glory hole. You would really rather like to know what's on the other side. Sometimes it just feels so good (P99) that you don't care.

Anyway, let's break it down into parts.

It's perfectly reasonable to be tinfoil over a .dll file,

Tinfoil, perhaps not. It does make me ask: what is this and what does it do?

but asking me to investigate facts is just silly

Let's assume that you are a young child who wants to verify that humanity has indeed traveled to the moon. When you ask your father he could do one of two things,

1) Offer some documentation of the journey to the moon. It could be a book with pictures or a TV documentary. Something like that.
2) He could tell you that you must make the journey yourself and find the footsteps left by the original astronauts.

Telling normal people to decompile DLLs is similar to option 2. I'm saying that although you may possess the technical chops to do so, you should be remain empathetic with those who don't. It's an asinine thing to say.

Anyway, I hadn't seen Rogean's description of what the DLL did in the reddit thread until now. I'm fine with that. That's more like option 1.

In summary, "I like to stick my cock in random glory holes" - Ostros