Comment on hr for your terminalparentComments−IgorPartola12yYup, that's the only way to see if what you are downloading is safe. Unfortunately, not many people will do that.−timmclean12yAnd how is this different from downloading any other source code or compiled executable from the web?−akerl_12yNot sure if you replied to the wrong comment by accident, but the person you replied to is agreeing with you, while making a general statement about how they wish more people checked the code they're running between the download and run steps.
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Yup, that's the only way to see if what you are downloading is safe. Unfortunately, not many people will do that.
And how is this different from downloading any other source code or compiled executable from the web?
Not sure if you replied to the wrong comment by accident, but the person you replied to is agreeing with you, while making a general statement about how they wish more people checked the code they're running between the download and run steps.