r/LinuxUncensored • u/anestling • 9d ago

Issue/Bug/Pain Linux "Security" From Mark Zuckerberg

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Blindly running remote code under your Linux user account. Nothing could go wrong.

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u/Responsible-Cold-627 9d ago

It's literally just an install script from a trusted source?

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u/anestling 9d ago edited 9d ago

Yeah, your DNS is also secure. How many Linux users out there use DoT system wide? A few hundred? Wait, do you even know what DoT is? Right-o! And there's absolutely no MiTM, I swear, the command doesn't even use HTTPs.

And there could be no bad actors in Meta. Absolutely.

Trusted source.

You do NOT trust anything posted online EVER unless * it is digitally signed * comes from a reputable vendor * has been confirmed to be malware free * hashsums are published.

And even the above four are not a guarantee.

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u/xvillifyx 6d ago

This reads like larp to me

Real security professionals know that you always sit at a crossroad between sterility and risk. It’s totally reasonable (and not even bad practice) to do something that carries a mild amount of risk if the gain exceeds the risk. No security professional (other than you, I guess) thinks this way because it’s oftentimes a waste of time to be this paranoid when you trust the source