Post #4194367
2026-07-29 10:55 UTC
@SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo @CapitalB@noauthority.social @sun@shitposter.world i still don't understand how downloading and executing a binary is any safer than curl | sh
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@phnt@fluffytail.org 2026-07-29 10:58
@snacks@netzsphaere.xyz @SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo @CapitalB@noauthority.social @sun@shitposter.world there are ways you can fingerprint a curl | sh and sneak a malicious script in. Besides that, you can't read the installer source when doing that.
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@SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo 2026-07-29 11:00
@snacks@netzsphaere.xyz @CapitalB@noauthority.social @sun@shitposter.world It's not. You should never blindly download and execute binaries. I know this format of software distribution got popularized on proprietary operating systems like Windows, but that's not how most GNU/Linux that have strict packaging policies and a reproducible and verifiable build do things...