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Re:Snyk security researcher deploys malicious NPM packages t... by CuriouslyC on Monday January 13, 2025 @08:51PM (#42692476)
Maybe if you change that to "armed bodyguard services employ ex KGB assassins"
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Re:Snyk security researcher deploys malicious NPM packages t... by nullityrofl on Monday January 13, 2025 @09:41PM (#42692829)
I think you've missed the point: it's Americentric to assume that Navy SEALs and Army Rangers are inherently pure, good and have done nothing evil on behalf of the American government when we largely know that to be untrue.
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Re:Snyk security researcher deploys malicious NPM packages t... by kstrauser on Monday January 13, 2025 @10:38PM (#42693291)
That wasn't my point at all. The point was that often the best people to protect a resource are the ones who know how to attack it.
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