please tell meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

If you are asking about the possibility of malware, software on Steam is safe to use :) FaceRig included.

thank you sir!

I don't think I understand the mentality that goes into asking a question like this.

First of all, malware programs do not tend to have a forum dedicated to their use and discussion, especially not when the forum is tied to an enormous, almost industry-dominating gaming and software platform.

Microsoft Office is by far the more dangerous program to use on your computer, since it will be making more registry entries and changes your system settings to make it the default program to open and edit many different filetypes. That's without even mentioning that there are going to be many people specifically looking to target it's security vulnerabilities through tainted files.

Facerig is something like a live video editor. The only things it touches, as far as computer changes, are the disk space to install it, and adding itself as another optional webcam / microphone (if you use the voice alteration setup). These changes have to be manually integrated with whatever videochat software or screen recording software you decide to use.

Basically, Office Suites tend to put roots into your system, changing many things and integrating itself in a way that affects how you interact with many different files on your computer. By comparison, something like FaceRig is much more single-purpose, and is very compartmentalized, affecting nothing about your computer using experience unless you go out of your way to tell webcam-related programs like video calls to use the virtual video feed that FaceRig sets up after it starts running.

Here's a way to be aware of the possible dangers of a program: find out how much of your regular, day to day computer experience this software is supposed to affect. The more that a program claims to do your thinking for you, the more finnicky and hard to work with it will be, generally speaking.

We're living in a digital age now. Much like learning how pushing, pulling, and rotation works is important to living in a world that involves a lot of mechanical things like cars, learning how programs are assembled and how they can interact with a computer system is important when doing anything with electronics.

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While it is right, you are commenting on a two month old, already answered thread from a person who since then has already bought, installed and used the program for some time.

Thanks for the good read though :)