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by oh_sigh 5033 days ago
Why? I completely understand the intent of "curl -L some.host|bash". Even if I don't have curl or bash, I immediately know what is happening.

It's obviously a concern that you are downloading unchecked code from the internet and running it on your computer, but if you are talented enough to be able to inspect the code and certify it is not malicious, you are also talented enough how to get the code without executing it.