Have you ever found a GitHub project or anything that seemed nice and tempting to install until you dug a bit deeper?

What are some red flags that should detur anyone from installing and running something?

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[–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

if you're dumb enough to pipe curl to bash you deserve everything you get.

rtfs

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago*

    I hate Windows partially because you have to download a bunch of random executables. Making that same security hole into a one liner in bash and making that the only install supported is not an improvement in any way.

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