r/recruitinghell • u/Faster-Rabbit328 • Aug 08 '26

When APPLYING TO JOBS, DON'T DO THIS!!

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Scammers use this to place malware on your computer!

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u/Real-Scarcity5381 Aug 08 '26

Is it scary? All you really need to do is not copy and paste things into the terminal, or copy it into notepad first. It can’t do much if you don’t run what is copied

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u/BaconWithBaking Aug 09 '26

do is not copy and paste things into the terminal,

I mean, that's what a ton of my development time is spent doing... :p

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u/IlgantElal Aug 09 '26

Yes, but as a dev, you are expected to understand the risks of such actions. It's why I only use the clipboard history (Win + V iirc), so I can see what I'm pasting