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Cyber Scarecrow

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999900000999 ◴[] No.40717587[source]
Neat.

But this literally comes off as probably being malware itself.

If your going to ship something like this, it needs to be open source preferably with a GitHub pipeline so I can see the full build process.

You also run into the elephant repellent problem. The best defense to malware will always be regular backups and a willingness to wipe your computer if things go wrong.

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bglazer ◴[] No.40718713[source]
elephant repellent problem? What is that?

This is literally the first occurrence of that string on the internet.

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jkingsman ◴[] No.40719059[source]
Better known as the Elephant Repellant Fallacy — a claim that a preventative is working when, in fact, the thing it prevents rarely or never happens anyway.

"Hey you better buy my elephant repellant so you don't get attacked!"

'Okay.'

...

"So were you attacked?"

'No, I live in San Francisco and there are no wild elephants."

"Well, I guess the repellant is working!"

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1. dlivingston ◴[] No.40719616[source]
Also known as the Anti-Tiger Rock: https://youtu.be/xSVqLHghLpw?si=fRraLZJ9q_rDR-UV