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minus-square@LavenderDay3544linkEnglish7•3 hours agoI mean programming language package managers are just begging to be used as an attack vector. This is why package management should be an OS responsibility across the board and only trusted package sources and publishers should ever be allowed.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-22 hours agoThere’s also the alternatives of making your own library. I’m happy to use minimal amount of 3rd parties and just make my own instead.
I mean programming language package managers are just begging to be used as an attack vector. This is why package management should be an OS responsibility across the board and only trusted package sources and publishers should ever be allowed.
There’s also the alternatives of making your own library. I’m happy to use minimal amount of 3rd parties and just make my own instead.