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Karna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 days ago

Arch Linux AUR Under Another Wave Of Malicious Packages, Package Adoptions Halted

www.phoronix.com

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Arch Linux AUR Under Another Wave Of Malicious Packages, Package Adoptions Halted

www.phoronix.com

Karna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 2 days ago
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    No way to prevent this, says only repo where this regularly happens

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      I mean, nobody is saying there is no way to prevent this, and I would hardly say that “twice” can be cathegorized as regularly.

      Also I find this of extremely bad taste as you seem to compare this to school shootings, with literal children deaths. I would say that a few thinkerers getting pwned from their claude tokens is a couple orders of magnitude less serious.

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      Besides all the other non infected ways to install the software, there is a way to prevent this: Just read the AUR package before install and don’t trust blindly any new maintainer.

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        It’s metaphysical approach to security. Enshrined rules that can’t be enforced don’t define user’s behavior.

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      Isn’t this similar to the reason a lot of people hate snaps? Or am I misunderstanding something? I’m not an Arch user (btw) so I’m not super familiar with AUR.

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        Some of the hate for snaps is because it’s Cannonical trying to use its install base (Ubuntu) to push a particular format on the entire community as a vector for control

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        You’re right on malware finding its way onto the Snap Store. I find it hilarious to see that the employed tactics are basically identical 😜.

        However, FYI, the hate on Snaps is a lot more broad than that.

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