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by flooow 811 days ago
The chances of cargo update pulling in some updated dependency which is now compromised with malware is low. The chances of a compromised dependency getting past `cargo-audit` are low. The chances of compromised code causing measurable harm are low. The repercussions for me publishing compromised code are low. The effort I would have to expend to manually check the code is high.

So yes, I `cargo update`.

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I do too, but I wonder if there's a way we can make it tractable to shoulder the responsibility of maintaining our dependency graphs? More: [1].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39832559