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MacKeeper will execute arbitrary base64 encoded commands on a custom url as root.

I guess it's a "flaw" but whoever put that in knew that would come back to bite. Haha, it's so insanely irresponsible that I don't even know where to start.

We need something like a hippocratic oath, and probably a governing body (or however grown up industries manage themselves), to stop people responsible for this sort of code from having a license to practice.

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