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Further, transitive dependencies are a real risk. If A depends on B depends on C depends on D depends on E depends on F, and F is compromised which the author o
by cogman10 3y ago
Further, transitive dependencies are a real risk. If A depends on B depends on C depends on D depends on E depends on F, and F is compromised which the author of E does not catch, everyone depending on any of the deps in the chain are at risk.
It's why the JavaScript ecosystem of micro packages is absolutely insane. If someone infected isEven, they'd have a blast radius of 90% of JavaScript devs.
It's much like having a single password protecting everything. JavaScript has way too many of these high value packages that find their way into every modern JavaScript project.