Comment by autoexec

The more people there are using an open source library the more likely it is that someone is going to take the time to see exactly what it does and any unexpected network traffic (sending data to some bad government) will sound the alarm much faster. The most effective spyware tools are things like cell phones, facebook, Windows, and Google. They encourage people to spill their own secrets and make it difficult if not impossible to use them while protecting your privacy in any meaningful way.