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Article disingenuously wraps a couple extensions that seem to be “actually” malicious (secret stealing), with one that has a lot of installs and is “HN-maliciou
by explaininjs 3y ago
Article disingenuously wraps a couple extensions that seem to be “actually” malicious (secret stealing), with one that has a lot of installs and is “HN-malicious” (collects telemetry) for a striking headline.
That said, malicious code in VS Code extensions is a problem. I wonder if a GPT could be helpful here. The existing internal systems for detecting malicious code seem lacking.
- skc 3y ago"HN-malicious" Hehe. We could probably come up with a dozen similar HN specific adjectives.
- voynich 3y agoLol. MS Notepad is HN-bloated.
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y agoI would argue that Notepad was one of the few apps that wasn't HN-bloated. Although, I kind of think I head that they rewrote it, so it probably is now...
- lioeters 3y agoHN-incompatible: Any website that hijacks the scroll bar or the back button of the browser..
- paulddraper 3y ago"HN-stupid" Anything known to be wrong with 20/20 hindsight.