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 (3 children)

If it's not open source or you are not compiling it:

Why so much fear about the shell script but no fear from the executable?

If it's open source and you are compiling it:

If you don't fear the project because you (presumably) have read the source code and determined that it's fine, why fear a shell script that is most certainly simpler, and you can read it like the rest of the code?

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    Why so much fear about the shell script but no fear from the executable?

    Huh? Fear from both.

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