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1. Browsers aggressively sandbox the code they run.

2. If you’re running curl | sh on random urls you don’t trust, you’re asking for trouble.

Running random executables you find online is a good way to get spyware and ransomware installed. I’m not saying that’s the case for re:Amp, but it’s absolutely still valid to tell people not to run random programs they find online.



>Running random executables you find online

Ie. the Windows School of Software Distribution.




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