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NoID privacy audit for linux
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It looks like an automation script for their Fedora hardening guide, and I don't understand why they don't refer to it in their script instead of telling you to ask an AI.
From a cursory read of the code I can't see anything malicious, but the red flags are requiring root to run, being over 6400 lines long, vibe coded and some dubious coding decisions (like re-reading
/etc/passwdmultiple times, munging separate checks together in functions) - I wouldn't run it myself on anything important, even if it looks like it could be handy.