DoctorG ♀️🏳️🌈Wow. User with Linux are somewhat naive.
Easy way to spread malware.
Fetching a #Python program from WWW and piping to python3.
motto like: It's not a virus, it'S #FOSS
! say: #NeverDoThis in a Linux #Shell !
Catweazle@DoctorG_1, it's always mandatory on any soft or service to read TOS and PP. Sadly is a wide spread error that FOSS is synonym of privacy and security, which has nothing to do with the sense of FOSS.
It depends only of the dev itself, irrelevant if FOSS or not.
All tracking APIs from Google, MS, FB, Amazon, etc. are FOSS also the worst Malware can be FOSS.
It depends only of the dev itself, irrelevant if FOSS or not.
All tracking APIs from Google, MS, FB, Amazon, etc. are FOSS also the worst Malware can be FOSS.
Earthworm 🐌Problem is that many 'non-tech' people use 'FOSS' as certificate for 'non-evil IT'.
The trust in the capacity of the nice FOSS-folks to check whether a program contains malware is the main argument against the empty safety promises of Google Playstore et al.
I am a person that does not work in IT, but is sufficiently masochist to not take the easy road of embracing completely corporate software. After work, I spend my free time in front of the screen, as a form of activism, but not with the capacity of acquiring real deeper knowledge.
Not wanting to side entirely with the eternal argument "it is not realistic for people to understand TOS", but being realistic, is there any other practical way than to just trust the FOSS community?
@earthworm @DoctorG_1, apart of reading TOS and PP, there are also a lot of testing tools to check if a soft or service is sharingyour data or tracking you, also if it is a scam or full of badware.
The most I use are
https://themarkup.org/blacklight
For Android apps
https://exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/
Not for security but nice to have if you can't reach a website
