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?

  • osanna@lemmy.vg
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    20 hours ago

    As others have said, you are boldly trusting that the script you’re downloading is safe. ALWAYS examine a script before you pipe to bash. Also, open the script in your browser, the copy paste j to your terminal. It’s entirely possible to change the script based on use agent to display differently when your check in your browser versus when you pipe to bash