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I'll go with number 3. She didn't just say "don't run", she said "uninstall". That doesn't sound like "misleading" or "uses too much resources". It sounds ve
by AnimalMuppet 2y ago
I'll go with number 3. She didn't just say "don't run", she said "uninstall". That doesn't sound like "misleading" or "uses too much resources". It sounds very CVE-ish.
- arkx 2y agoAnother xz case?
- bee_rider 2y agoDoes atop have any legitimate need to connect to the network? I can’t think of any legitimate accidental security holes that might show up in something like atop, but then, these utilities often have funky features I don’t know about!
- _--__--__ 2y agoThat's what it smells like but this is still a weird way to disclose something like that. I imagine some people with free afternoons are taking a stab at auditing atop's PR history right now. I'm not personally up to the task, but the fact that the top 3 contributors other than the original author are ByteDance employees might cause some to jump to conclusions.
- phire 2y ago"uninstall" points at a very specific type of exploit.
- adrianmonk 2y agoAssuming it's actually necessary to uninstall. It might just be that "uninstall" is the simplest one-word advice you can give that will definitely solve the problem.
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