2016: never, ever run a script unless you know what it does2026: let a statistical model run random commands for you

[yora@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@sol_hsa
[Community Note: Don't!]

[fuzztech@infosec.exchange]

@sol_hsa @ll1t Randomly.

[hypostase@bsd.network]

@sol_hsa unless you know what it does was true in 2006 and 1996 also. In 1986 if you knew what a script was, you probably knew what it did, but that was still good advice.

[matus_chochlik@mastodon.online]

@sol_hsa I used to think that the `wget -q -O- <some-random-url> | sudo bash` anti-pattern was dangerous and dumb, but then I've watched how a tech company CTO did vibe shell command execution as root.

[lostgen@det.social]

@energisch_
There is no rule so rigid that it can withstand our laziness
@sol_hsa

[doomed_daniel@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@matus_chochlik @sol_hsa
yes, I think piping a random download directly into a shell, maybe even a root shell, was an intermediate step that softened people for such bullshit

[speckmantel@social.anoxinon.de]

@energisch_ @sol_hsa to be fair, they all state in der eula, more or less, that it's for entertainment purpose only and not meant for critical systems …

but yeah. who tf reads this shit except the llm that distilles it into tldr instructions or, helpful as always, friendly asks: would you like me to rm -f this for you? so glad to be at your service

[kkarhan@jorts.horse]

@sol_hsa dafuq is wrong with society?

[purple_lilith@mastodon.social]

@energisch_ @sol_hsa Tech illiterate people use technology they trust but do not understand. Smartphones and tablet computers were designed to be magical black boxes you do not have to understand. This design changed how people use those tools.

[kkarhan@jorts.horse]

@Purple_Lilith @energisch_ @sol_hsa and it enabled #Enshittification even harder, as they are #ConsumptionDevices designed to prevent users from controlling their devices!

[guenther@chaos.social]

@sol_hsa also don't tell people on the Internet your name