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louislang
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Dozens of malicious PyPI packages discovered targe...
It definitely does help. We've seen malicious actors introduce "bad things" into legitimate packages [1]. So hashes help identify what you got, but doesn't necessarily prevent you from getting something you didn't intend.
[1]
https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/current-activity/2021/10/22...
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[1] https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/current-activity/2021/10/22...