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by d110af5ccf 1530 days ago
Presumably you trust the authors or you wouldn't be downloading it to begin with. The primary concern isn't "what if the authors are out to get me" it's "what if someone impersonates or compromises the authors".
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Indeed, and this can be done semi-covertly given that one can detect a "curl install" server-side [1] and serve-up hostile code in just that case

[1] https://www.idontplaydarts.com/2016/04/detecting-curl-pipe-b...

Thanks! Interesting (the cURL stuff)