Have you ever found a GitHub project or anything that seemed nice and tempting to install until you dug a bit deeper?

What are some red flags that should detur anyone from installing and running something?

  • bizarroland@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    I’ll see that and raise you a “app is free, but all functionality is paid, which you only find out after you have used the app for its intended purpose and now want the results of the work that you did, specifically when attempting to rescue files from your phone, for instance.”

    I’ll also toss in “all functionality is paid on a subscription model that automatically renews unless you manually disable it and you have to buy at least in one year increments”

    • Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca
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      6 hours ago

      I really like the ‘free trial’ that requires your CC information and will begin billing you ‘soon’ unless you remember to cancel (and probably burn the card too).