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I'm in the process of dismantling software I will never trust or update again and coming across all kinds of sketchy stuff. There is this Python program called Sentry_SDK that is very concerning. Along with several others. It appears to be packaged with most offline AI stuff and is some of the most authoritarian nonsense I have seen. I have air gapped the computer and do not have a package installed like prettier to maybe make the JavaScript readable, and it is enormous. There are many pages that are in the 10k lines plus range.
I already found a place in the back end that is trying to send packets with major obfuscation. The process is preloaded as listening, with every measure taken to prevent discovery of its origin. So that is fun too. I will likely reformat and start over after I have had my fun and saved what I wish to save.