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I love me some pypi, but it's hardly a trusted channel. There's no approval process for uploading, and there's very limited code inspection (until last fall the
by Godel_unicode 5y ago
I love me some pypi, but it's hardly a trusted channel. There's no approval process for uploading, and there's very limited code inspection (until last fall there was none). There have been repeated examples of typo squatting malware which has been resident on pypi, which is why there are tons of security products designed specifically to allow you to use pypi safely.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/two-malicious-python-libraries-removed-from-pypi/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/two-malicious-python-libraries...