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minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down7·edit-21 year ago you never downloaded a program on GitHub Precompiled binaries?!? Not even once. It’s a security risk akin to picking up gum on the sidewalk for a fun tasty treat.
minus-squarelunarul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down4·1 year agoSo when you just needed software, you built it yourself. But first read every single line of code to ensure that it’s safe. Did I get that right? Because if you don’t trust the developer to provide safe binaries then you wouldn’t trust the same developer to provide safe code either.
minus-squareAnamana@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoCool, I’m not surprised as we are on Lemmy. Welcome to the 1%.
Precompiled binaries?!? Not even once. It’s a security risk akin to picking up gum on the sidewalk for a fun tasty treat.
So when you just needed software, you built it yourself. But first read every single line of code to ensure that it’s safe. Did I get that right?
Because if you don’t trust the developer to provide safe binaries then you wouldn’t trust the same developer to provide safe code either.
Cool, I’m not surprised as we are on Lemmy. Welcome to the 1%.