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Arch Linux Users at Risk Again as AUR Hit by Another RAT (news.itsfoss.com)

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[–] Feyd@programming.dev 73 points 4 days ago (4 children)

I feel like these headlines are designed to be way scarier than the scenarios actually are to people that don't know much about Arch Linux.

[–] fouc@feddit.uk 40 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I think it's a good thing to frighten users just a little bit. Arch is no longer a niche distro and it was only a matter of time before someone took advantage of the generally unvetted AUR. It's a wake-up call that the times of good faith are gone and you need to pay attention.

[–] Feyd@programming.dev 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Just tell them to read the arch wiki page on AUR and take it seriously, IMO

[–] haloduder@thelemmy.club -2 points 1 day ago

Your opinion sucks and isn't going to be enacted by most users.

[–] Euphoma@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 days ago

Instead of someone accidentally ruining your pc, they intentionally ruin your pc!

[–] scintilla@beehaw.org 9 points 3 days ago

Seriously. It's technically true that there was a RAT on the AUR but the way it's titled is written to intentionally invoke times where it was more than one thing.

[–] gazby@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

Just standard clickbait, but sounds more serious because we understand the extent to which they're going out of their way to bend and withhold the facts.