this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2026
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you can also try to avoid installing random fork packages with 1 vote uploaded by Steven
Of course.
As Arch becomes mainstream and more of an attractive target for attackers I think we will get more of the same thing happening regularly in NPM: Legitimate popular packages getting compromised because a maintainer got infected or phished.
As well as botting of votes and comments.