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That article also says “There was no actual code to wipe computers. It only puts a file on the desktop.” So what's all the fuss about?
by tedunangst 5y ago
That article also says “There was no actual code to wipe computers. It only puts a file on the desktop.” So what's all the fuss about?
- MauranKilom 5y agoThere was also code to replace the content of every file on the system with a heart emoji. I am not certain about the timeline though.
- TobyTheDog123 5y agoI think that code was included, but not reachable. Horrible nonetheless.
- rob74 5y agoWell, I assume that means "every file on the system that Node can access", and on a sensibly configured system I hope Node can't access that many important files - and the files Node can access are either in some git repo or backed up regularly?
- filleduchaos 5y agoWhy would you imagine Node has any less access to a "sensibly configured system" than any other programming language/runtime?
- geerlingguy 5y agoHeh... that's a pretty optimistic take on the average node deployment. There are far too many systems where devs force admins to run 777 on certain directories to fix their bugs—or worse yet, they just have direct access to the servers and no understanding of permissions.
- elondaits 5y agoNode is a programming language. It's used in multiple contexts, not just web. It runs CLI tools, it's the basis of Electron apps. There's no reason to assume it has limited privileges to access files.
- kodah 5y ago> But then some versions of “node-ipc,” the much more popular piece of software that RIAEvangelist maintains, started overwriting files on computers based in Russia and Belarus with a heart emoji, according to a post on GitHub. Because he went from posting a heart emoji to deleting files.