Re:Diode Drive – Privacy-focused distributed alternative to ...
by encryptluks2 on Friday March 12, 2021 @09:12PM
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The point being is it is bad security to pipe a script into your shell. Providing a copy and paste to do just that leaves a bad impression.
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Re:Diode Drive – Privacy-focused distributed alternative to ...
by buildanduse on Saturday March 13, 2021 @12:44AM
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Thanks for the feedback...
Re:Diode Drive – Privacy-focused distributed alternative to ...
by xfer on Saturday March 13, 2021 @01:06AM
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Downloading a binary from internet and running it doesn't make it a better practice. That's what everyone does though. So no idea why you are complaining about curl and pipes.
Re:Diode Drive – Privacy-focused distributed alternative to ...
by encryptluks2 on Saturday March 13, 2021 @01:22AM
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That actually happens a lot less frequently with Linux distros since most users just use their distribution repos to install software.