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Re:Is it possible to allow sideloading *and* keep users safe? by charcircuit on Sunday August 31, 2025 @03:45AM (#45081249)
You have been lucky. It's trivial for someone to write a stealer and trick someone to run it. For example there's been stealers targeting Linux built into trojans of Minecraft mods.
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Re:Is it possible to allow sideloading *and* keep users safe? by aquariusDue on Sunday August 31, 2025 @04:38AM (#45081528)
As another lucky soul do you happen to know of a case documented somewhere?
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Re:Is it possible to allow sideloading *and* keep users safe? by charcircuit on Sunday August 31, 2025 @05:05AM (#45081665)
For example.

https://support.curseforge.com/en/support/solutions/articles...

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Re:Is it possible to allow sideloading *and* keep users safe? by aquariusDue on Sunday August 31, 2025 @08:19AM (#45082615)
That is wild, the numbers are much bigger than I expected. Thanks for sharing!
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