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minus-squaremagic_lobster_party@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up36·5 days ago it’s the kind of dependency developers install without a second thought I got a feeling this is an attack vector that will continue to grow, as now there’s vibe coding frameworks installing random dependencies without a thought at all.
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·edit-220 hours agoThere’s two things at play, here: installing dependencies without checking a framework that will allow this Both are absolutely the fault of the user.
I got a feeling this is an attack vector that will continue to grow, as now there’s vibe coding frameworks installing random dependencies without a thought at all.
There’s two things at play, here:
Both are absolutely the fault of the user.