4 ms·
If you trust the author of tool you are installing and the installer is by the same author, then why wouldn't you trust the installer too? > It's 100% trivial
by jjnoakes 3y ago
If you trust the author of tool you are installing and the installer is by the same author, then why wouldn't you trust the installer too?
> It's 100% trivial to have it run rm or shred on all files you have access to while simultaneously printing correct looking install progress messages.
The same is true of the tool itself, too.
- duckmysick 3y agoYes, hence the trend of moving to sandboxed apps with limited access to your files (and other capabilities).
- jjnoakes 3y agoThe install method itself is not unsafe when compared to most other install methods. It gets a bad rap for no reason.