The implication of this software isn't that Riot is going to steal your banking info. What would they possibly do with it? They're a legit business. They can't just starting selling bank credentials or billing people randomly. There's potentially lots of less sensitive information that most people would consider "not Riot's business" that they can get at with this software. Will they? probably not. It's how much do you trust Riot.
And none of that even begins to address the security concerns of having software running with elevated privileges.
I'm not saying it isn't worth it to some people or that it's unreasonable to decide that it is worth it. I'm saying most people don't understand or consider the implications.
> And none of that even begins to address the security concerns of having software running with elevated privileges.
Laymen are even more paranoid about it than techies. Most people incorrectly assume that a malicious program can do just as much damage to your system as a rootkit. They are already willing to accept the maximum possible risk, just from installing a binary blob.
But unlike techies, they spend less time wargaming all the ways in which vendors of these programs seek to wrong them.
This doesn't make them ignorant - at least, it doesn't make them ignorant in the way that you imply.
The implication of this software isn't that Riot is going to steal your banking info. What would they possibly do with it? They're a legit business. They can't just starting selling bank credentials or billing people randomly. There's potentially lots of less sensitive information that most people would consider "not Riot's business" that they can get at with this software. Will they? probably not. It's how much do you trust Riot.
And none of that even begins to address the security concerns of having software running with elevated privileges.
I'm not saying it isn't worth it to some people or that it's unreasonable to decide that it is worth it. I'm saying most people don't understand or consider the implications.