hi there,
i have just noticed this thread and this is something that kind of shocks me. worse enough that something like this accidently could happen because of a programming bug (which would be a total nightmare), but doing it on purpose....

speaking of it... how can one make sure (as a python script creator) that the scripts one ships are actually 100% harmless? i regularly scan my scripts for functions I suspect to be dangerous in general, e.g. like any kind of 'write', 'delete' etc.?. if someone out here on rendo has an idea which other functions could be harmful, please drop me a sitemail, I would love to find out I am not using those at all >_<

should one digitally sign all files one ships? but I wonder if there is a standard way for "trusted" products, e.g. here on rendo? I think I never downloaded a product that required a public key of the author to be usable >_<

cheers,
col