• tool@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    This is the first lesson you have to learn as a Linux enthusiast, NEVER run commands you don’t know from the internet

    “Nah, just curl this random web address and pipe it over to a sudo bash shell, everything will be fine!”

    I hate how this is becoming the official install method for more and more shit. It’s like dude, really? You may as well stick your dick in a garbage disposal, both of those actions are equally safe.

    You’re dreaming if you think I’m not going to wget it and read it to see what it does first.

    • pm_boobs_send_nudes@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      As a lawyer I feel the same about people not reading contracts and signing stuff or just clicking the accept button. But hey, that’s just how it is unfortunately.

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      1 year ago

      To be fair: This is what everyone expects when you install software for Windows. Just download a more or less “good looking” binary blob, execute it with administrative privileges and hope that it will do what you want it to do.

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      1 year ago

      At least it’s transparent and often doesn’t require root, unlike say a debian package.

    • Crazazy [hey hi! :D]@feddit.nl
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      1 year ago

      Even worse is when the bash script you downloaded is only there to do some uname checks and then download and execute more code from the internet