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by notabee 1700 days ago
Here's some discussion about that. But to put it simply, security is done in layers. Checking something simple like a script before running it is relatively easy and can catch low-effort malicious attempts. Sure, it won't protect against an advanced persistent threat doing a supply chain attack, but you're probably much more likely to be hit with low effort attacks that could be avoided by just not being careless.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17636032