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comment by Alex_Altair · 2024-09-24T04:44:01.947Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
Note to readers; it is an obligatory warning on any post like this that you should not run random scripts downloaded from the internet without reading them to see what they do, because there are many harmful things they could be doing.
Replies from: Richard_Kennaway↑ comment by Richard_Kennaway · 2024-09-24T08:17:35.438Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
This one is sufficiently egregious that it should be deleted and the author banned. It's at best spam, at worst malware. Fortunately, the obfuscated URL does not actually work.
Replies from: Viliam↑ comment by Viliam · 2024-09-24T12:28:26.017Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
I suggest rewriting the entire article. "Download this script from internet and run it on your machine" just sounds like a really bad idea to do habitually, even if this specific script turns out to be OK.
Possible improvements:
- post the entire script in the article (if not too long)
- add a link where users can view the script in browser before downloading
And maybe some explanation would be nice, like who is "2600:1f18:17c:2d43:338d:2669:3fa5:82f8" and what does the script actually do.
Replies from: Richard_Kennaway↑ comment by Richard_Kennaway · 2024-09-24T12:55:42.268Z · LW(p) · GW(p)
"2600:1f18:17c:2d43:338d:2669:3fa5:82f8" is an IPv6 address, which one reverse lookup site maps to an Amazon AWS server in Ashburn, Virginia. There could be anything on that machine, and no-one to connect it with. But the URL given does not work in my web browser or in curl. Looks sketchy to me.
