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Yes! I second that feeling: knowing we are executing something and that thing being open source, it's up to us to check (plus running shell scripts is for power
by gregoriol 7y ago
Yes! I second that feeling: knowing we are executing something and that thing being open source, it's up to us to check (plus running shell scripts is for power users). Here the user, average joe doesn't know what's happening, and can't check anything as it is hidden.
- jtbayly 7y agoBut so what? All it’s doing is installing the tool he needs. He knows theoretically that this could be spyware or worse, but hey, everybody else is using it. Seems like no big deal. Same with that curl script. What are the chances it’s bad? Small. So you run it and hope for the best.