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		creata 17 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Shai-Hulud Returns: Over 300 NPM Packages Infected If everyone does it, then it becomes less effective, because there'd be fewer early testers to experience and report issues, no?

jimbohn 17 days ago [–]

Yes, it's gonna be heuristics all way down. This problem isn't solved formally but the ecosystem(s) having these issues are too big to be discarded "just" because of that.

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