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Some targets are more valuable than others. A firewall product has obvious security value. The fact that it requires high privilege is another reason. I have
by emmelaich 6mo ago
Some targets are more valuable than others. A firewall product has obvious security value. The fact that it requires high privilege is another reason.
I have the same thoughts about other Mac apps. e.g. iTerm2 - cause they "see" so much sensitive data.
- lapcat 6mo ago[flagged]
- hsbauauvhabzb 6mo agoYeah just yolo install whatever, it’s not like applications or libraries such as axios which have a decade of trusted history would all of a sudden become malicious and do nasty things to developer machines, just chill, everything’s fine.
- lapcat 6mo ago> Yeah just yolo install whatever That's not even remotely what I said. > it’s not like applications or libraries such as axios iTerm doesn't use NPM. Little Snitch doesn't use NPM. I don't use NPM.
- hsbauauvhabzb 6mo ago[flagged]
- tomhow 6mo agoWTF? This is not an acceptable comment on HN, no matter who or what you're replying to. This style of commenting is not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and taking the intended spirit of the site more to heart, we'd be grateful.