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by not2b 1869 days ago
No, it's worse. People will have very different expectations. Running 'make install' especially as root implies a high level of trust, so users will be appropriately cautious. Users won't expect that simply opening code in an editor will be similarly risky (though it's similar to malicious Word and Excel macros, Office now disables those by default for documents coming from an untrusted source, like via email).