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by ivanjermakov
7 days ago
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> But it could just as easily be malware Everything that can be downloaded could easily be malware. No users verify binaries/compile from line-by-line verified source. It's always about trust in author and distributor. Curl | bash or AUR or build from source - matters very little. |
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a random binary from a brand new GitHub repo (which you didn’t build and can be swapped out for something evil any time)
…that’s actually a different project’s binary rebuilt and renamed/redistributed (or malware)
…as root
…on a hypervisor.
So yes,
> It's always about trust in author and distributor
Is totally correct. There are different levels of trust. This repo merits very low trust.