> The final chunk (ace/c+aliFIo) works if that path exists locally and is executable.

Ah yes, the well known c+aliFIo shell script that every developer has. Inside the commonly used "ace" directory.

This article is sensationalist. And constructed by an LLM. It's well known that cat'ing binary files can introduce weird terminal escape codes into the session. Not surprised that iTerm's SSH integration is not security perfect.