Worthwhile reading on Easter Eggs
"Why No Easter Eggs"
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/larryosterman...
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Why%20no%20Easter%20Eggs
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"Why No Easter Eggs"
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/larryosterman...
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Why%20no%20Easter%20Eggs
... and
The idea that Easter Eggs are security risks comes across as the most pedantic paranoid position. Statistically speaking software is not failing because of Easter eggs.
This does not seem to be about security but about typical American style “cover your ass” legalize thinking.
Sure if you create a space rocket control system I would not put in an Easter egg. But if it is a code editor, word processor, email reading client etc then who cares? Nobody will die and million dollar equipment is not going to blow up.
Disclaimer: I have never made an Easter Egg and I get that companies don’t do it if it causes problems with customers. I just think customers who complain about this should get a life.
Cute, condescending error messages are unprofessional and unhelpful. If fewer programs were steaming piles of garbage I might feel differently about it.