[freshhawk]

Yeah, don't download and run binaries from random links on the internet either.

I don't think anyone is against recommendations of running "curl trustedsite.com/install | sh" except for the bad habits it teaches to people who don't know what curl and sh actually do, but wouldn't download and run a random exe.

Help forums are rife with suggestions to run "curl http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=XXXX | sh" to solve technical problems. And not fringe forums either, but forums like the official Ubuntu forums.

I've literally never heard anyone "preach that curl | sh is evil" who wouldn't/isn't saying the exact same thing about binaries.

[djm_]

I wrote this article a year ago, and you hit the nail on the head - that is what I was getting at.

I didn't submit it here because it wasn't really meant for an advanced crowd, obviously most people would be aware of the dangers.

For example, take a look around at the pirating world. Many sites that help you install projects such as Couchpotato, Sickbeard, Sabnzbd etc rely on people curl-piping bash scripts. The people installing from those scripts likely do not know any better.