Would you be opposed to SE implementing a program to scan for addons/parsers?

[Absimiliard]

Square Enix should probably do something about the fact one of the popular plugins, Gshade, now includes malware.

It would behoove you to censor the names in your screenshot, as otherwise the post might get taken down.

GDPR is user data protection and has nothing to do with malicious software directly. Also downloading and running an app just to notice it does not do what you expect it to do isn't something any legal system will care about. If it caused damages then depending on app EULA/whatever terms and country you and the app legal representative are you may have some case but that's usually not the case as even Microsoft gives you Windows "as is" and doesn't take any responsibility if the software causes damages or whatever for you and if it does not break country law it's fine.

Now JAPAN on the other hand... They do have laws against this kind of thing, and those laws are pursued with such fervor that I genuinely wonder if the lawyers over there don't derive immense joy from it. In fact, quite a few countries do have laws in place that would make this very thing tremendously illegal, though I suspect most wouldn't be willing to invest the funds to get someone extradited over something so minor. Applications must be malicious indeed if most countries are to be expected to act, even if the law on the matter is clear.