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I set up a quick demonstration to show risks of curl|bash and how a bad-actor could potentially hide a malicious script that appears safe.

It's nothing new or groundbreaking, but I figure it never hurts to have another reminder.

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[โ€“] Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

In addition to the other examples it's also in the default installation mode for node.js - they use this to install nvm

Ya cant even blame someone non-technical falling for this if they haven't been explicitly informed - it's getting reinforced as completely normal by too many "reputable" projects.

[โ€“] porcoesphino@mander.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

I'm pretty sure brew on mac is the same too