Quick Question: How could a add-on contain a backdoor?

[QuadStorm]

How can a add-on have or install a backdoor? I"m just curious on what you'd have to do to end up getting on just by using or downloading a add-on.

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[Acerblock]

Addons cannot install things, they can only be used when enabled. And a backdoor is just any bit of code doing something the addon shouldn't do and is probably bad.

[Swollow]

a backdoor gives specific players an advantage over other people or could give them things like admin

[QuadStorm]

Oh, I seriously thought they can install real backdoors. Thanks for clearing that out. As for backdoors to give a player a advantage over others, I'm pretty sure I lucky don't have one of those (considering almost all of the add-ons I currently use are from RTB).

[xSetrox]

They could contain bad console
Commands such as quit(); and stuff

[RagnaTheBroedge]

they can also contain code to force a certain to be admin
i made a joke about this in the server.cs of Extend with

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//if $taboobIsAdmin = "0"
// then set $taboobIsAdmin = "1"
// else !partyTimeit obviously does nothing, but there have been cases where people put actual crap like this into their addons