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Alan Pope: "Multiple genuine-looking scam cryptocurrency miners and fake Bitcoin wallet applications have been published in the Snap store since 2018." in c/technology@beehaw.org

[-] pineapple_santa@feddit.de 3 points 6 months ago

Classic snaps are not and a lot of snaps are classic. That much is true. Some snaps are indeed confined though. See https://snapcraft.io/docs/snap-confinement

Alan Pope: "Multiple genuine-looking scam cryptocurrency miners and fake Bitcoin wallet applications have been published in the Snap store since 2018." in c/technology@beehaw.org

[-] pineapple_santa@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago

It’s not all bad. If the alternative is downloading binaries from a website then confined snaps are a great way to get software.

They had a paid break, right? in c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

[-] pineapple_santa@feddit.de 4 points 6 months ago

Just say no. Decline meeting requests. Set your own priorities. It’s not like they can fire the guy who operates the CI and apparently the physical security systems as well while still writing code for high priority projects.

#Vim #Meme in c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

[-] pineapple_santa@feddit.de 3 points 7 months ago

Having a mentor like this is unfathomably valuable. The kind that knows exactly when a printer problem should be fixed with a sledgehammer and are not afraid to apply the “fix”.