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kennywinkeryesterday at 5:12 PM1 replyview on HN

A tool that bypasses permission requests because they’re annoying will be just as guilty when the repo is poisoned.


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chuckadamsyesterday at 6:22 PM

I'm not saying wedging doorstops under the fire doors is a good thing, I'm just saying look at the situation that's making people put the doorstops there. Or something, it's not a great analogy. I'm just saying that shaming the user belongs with obscurity in the list of security mechanisms that don't work out in practice.