You keep saying backdoor, backdoor, backdoor.. one person said it. I just was pointing out thats probably how it started by that ONE person.
I may have misunderstood it and used the word “backdoor” incorrectly. That said, my concern comes from the way the question was handled, not just the terminology itself.
Do you have a source for such a claim? Because I've read the documents you've pointed people to and nothing mentions anything like that.
I would urge you to read and correctly comprehend what you're reading before making such baseless claims.
What stands out to me is that there was no direct denial. Most companies, when confronted with concerns about unauthorized access to customer admin panels, immediately and clearly state something along the lines of:
"No, XenForo does not have any hidden or privileged access mechanism into customer admin panels."
Instead, the response focused on discrediting the wording of my question and my interpretation of the documents, rather than explicitly addressing the underlying concern itself.
That doesn’t automatically prove anything malicious, but from a security and transparency perspective, I think it’s reasonable to question why a straightforward clarification was avoided. Especially in situations involving trust, customer data, and platform security, vague or defensive answers naturally raise more questions than they resolve.
And before people say, "He just didn’t want to engage with your ridiculous post" I want to make it clear that, at least from my perspective, this is a serious matter involving trust and platform security. And well, even if my wording was imperfect or my concerns turned out to be unfounded, the simplest and most reassuring response would have been a direct statement such as:
"No, there is no hidden access or backdoor into customer admin panels."
That’s what makes the response feel unusual to me. Instead of clearly denying the existence of such access, the focus was placed on dismissing the question itself. People can call my post ridiculous if they want, but when the topic involves potential privileged access to customer data, I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect a straightforward answer.
Edit based on @Blatchy’s comment:
Dismissing it as “absurdity” doesn’t really address the core point I raised. My concern is not some discussion about XenForo secretly spying on people (they for sure have better things to do like finishing 3.0), it’s about transparency and how a legitimate security-related question was answered.
But sure, let’s call it absurd haha
