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This is as much a “prank” as “benign” adware that pops up an ad on your desktop every hour.
by oefrha 5y ago
This is as much a “prank” as “benign” adware that pops up an ad on your desktop every hour.
- ficklepickle 5y agoMaybe adware that pops a message that doesn't generate any revenue once after 15 seconds would be more accurate. But I suppose that depends on if a single non-commercial message counts as an ad.
- oefrha 5y agoAdware tend to be localized to your own computer instead of working its way into websites you build and pushing itself to all your users.
- oauea 5y agoPerhaps you should reflect why you are pushing adware to YOUR users then. Maybe you should vet YOUR work more carefully instead of pulling in hundreds of dependencies that YOU haven't bothered to vet.
- oefrha 5y agoYes, more visibility into which packages are published/controlled by malware authors helps with vetting (immediate pass instead of reading thousands of lines of code). Yet some people are terrified by that prospect. Really makes you wonder.
- oauea 5y ago"i dont even want to bother reading the code i ship to my users"