Real example: One popular “license key generator” for Passport Photo Studio was found to contain a Trojan that stole saved passwords.

“I thought it would only be small favors,” I said.

The next note on my board read: “Need: mother and child, urgent. Bring license.” I stared at the words the way you stare at a bruise—curious and foolishly hopeful that it would disappear if ignored. A mother with a child at the center of a bureaucracy. I pictured a child’s eyes as easily guided as a small boat. I knew how I would photograph a child—gentle, distracting with silly sounds until the muscle around the mouth relaxed into something honest.