Cormac A Stark wrote:admins should try investigating what Afforess can and can't see with NS++, since he has openly admitted he's snooping on its users and his admission even caught [violet]'s attention.
This isn't really accurate.
NS++ is a browser extension. When you install it, your browser will say something like, "This extension will be able to see what you do on http://www.nationstates.net. OK?" And if you say OK, then indeed, the extension will be able to see everything you do here, including being able to read your TGs and pretty much anything you type in. So there's no need to investigate what Afforess can see; we already know the answer is "everything."
Whether you think installing NS++ is a good idea is purely a question of how much you trust the author, which is the case almost any time you install software. Although in this case, there is a somewhat heightened risk, since NS++ auto-updates, meaning that it might be fine today, but do something unexpected tomorrow.
Afforess seems like a good guy and has done sensible things thus far, like not actually collecting any info that isn't needed. It would be a serious violation of trust for him to turn NS++ into malware, the kind of violation that may be damaging for him personally, given his field of work, and arguably illegal. So you could feel reasonably safe with NS++. But if it did turn bad, there would be little we could do about it, since a browser extension has more power over your computer than a web site. It's a personal choice.
