Installing a script / program like this "caretaker" script may be a legal issue in itself for you.
You have already committed a crime against me based on Oregon State Law.
US Federal and State Laws pertaining to what you are doing once you take matters in your own hands so to speak.
http://www.ncsl.org/research/telecommuni...-laws.aspx
A person commits an offense if the person knowingly accesses a computer, computer network or computer system without the effective consent of the owner." The penalty grade ranges from misdemeanor to first degree felony (which is the same grade as murder), depending on whether the person obtains benefit, harms or defrauds someone, or alters, damages, or deletes files.
In the United States you can get tripped up with States Law and when you cross States lines (basically anything via the Internet) you enter Federal legal territory as well.
Even though I was not actively using your skin the updated/added requirement of this script to your addon installed without my consent or notification an program that accessed my system, data and invaded my privacy for the purpose of monitoring and reporting.
Ethically wrong, Illegal and just well - just not your job and certainly not what a user would expect of an app like Kodi and well beyond the scope of a "skin" - especially one hosted from the "official" repo.
This all is essentially the very definition of computer trespass and the actions of malware and/or spyware.
Once you start to take vigilante actions like this you are heading down a very slippery slope.
This is a job best left to law enforcement and the legal system - they are the ones tasked with this role.
They can interpret and enforce the laws and ultimately decide the accountability and action if the laws are broken.
Some guidelines you may wish to consider:
https://github.com/OneGet/oneget/wiki/8-...stallation
Hey I get that you and others are all wrapped up in all this political and socially charged drama regarding piracy / banned addons etc - personally I don't care either way.
This is not about any of that for me I don't care about 3rd party unofficial addons etc
It is the principal of it all, the way it was done without consent and notification.
It is out of scope for a SKIN or well even Kodi to make and take action on.
Most importantly it is not legal and once you become an "actor" you then have liability and accountability issues.
Bottom line - this is not a "solution" so unless you like wasting your time focused on all this shit and are looking to create problems for yourself you may want to reconsider your methods at the very least.
The script is quickly and very easily defeated with a dummy script using an addon with the same name hosted at another repo using a version number above yours.
Naturally escalation then would be maybe some active scripted counter-measures like an anti-caretaker scripts, network filters, host file entries, etc. etc. etc.
Hopefully you get the idea here.
It is a Zero Sum Game - just futile cat and mouse play.
Skinners should make skins and those skins should not attempt to be a net nanny, judge, police or a wild west vigilante.
Remember "the only winning move is not to play." --WOPR
The Admins may want to give some input on all this as well - scripts hosted and installed like this from an official Kodi Repo could open them up to legal issues and liability as well.
Anyway I am now so over all this.
I just hope better judgements prevails before this all gets out of hand and turns into a shit storm.
-M
