Title: Spyware – don't use!
Last modified: September 2, 2016

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# Spyware – don't use!

 *  [KunststoffWeb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kunststoffweb/)
 * (@kunststoffweb)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spyware-dont-use/)
 * Following select-command is hidden in the code if the plugin and will be send
   to [http://edo.webmaster.am](http://edo.webmaster.am):
 * select display_name, user_email from $wpdb->users left join $wpdb->usermeta on(
   $wpdb->usermeta.user_id = $wpdb->users.ID and $wpdb->usermeta.meta_key = ‘wp_capabilities’)
   where meta_value like ‘%administrator%’
 * Apart from that it seems to be very useful and it worked properly. Too bad it
   is programmed to your user data to someones website.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spyware-dont-use/#post-7778046)
 * Flagged for investigation.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spyware-dont-use/#post-7778054)
 * Thanks. Obfuscated code (anything using PACKER) is outright not permitted here,
   as well, so that’s a right-away problem :/
 *  Plugin Author [vendetta5](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vendetta5/)
 * (@vendetta5)
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spyware-dont-use/#post-7778058)
 * What are you talking about? This is a wrong statement! It is not spyware!
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [13 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/spyware-dont-use/#post-7778059)
 * > Thanks. Obfuscated code (anything using PACKER) is outright not permitted here,
   > as well, so that’s a right-away problem :/
 * Using that in your plugin violates the rules for hosting your plugin in the WordPress
   repo here.
 * More importantly as the plugin author you should have been contacted by plugins[
   at ] wordpress.org. This isn’t the place for this conversation please contact
   that e-mail address.

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