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this post was submitted on 06 Dec 2023
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Or they could just get you to execute the command without your knowledge (eg: all the people who just blindly copy-paste commands, or pipe scripts from the net into
sudo
). Or it could be a compromised github account/repo (supply-chain attack). Or even the ol' techsupport scam where they get gullible users to install stuff...