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amiga386yesterday at 11:24 AM6 repliesview on HN

"No Way To Prevent This" Says Only Package Manager Where This Regularly Happens


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thih9yesterday at 11:49 AM

Parent comment is an indirect reference to US mass shootings:.

> "'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens" is the recurring headline of articles published by the American news satire organization The Onion after mass shootings in the United States.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27No_Way_to_Prevent_This,%27_...

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creatayesterday at 11:59 AM

There's nothing technically different between NPM and, say, Cargo, here that would save Cargo, is there?

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globalise83yesterday at 11:44 AM

No Preventative Measures (NPM)

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SkyPuncheryesterday at 4:09 PM

The circumstances for this are not unique to NPM. The popularity is what makes it so susceptible to these attacks.

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AndroTuxyesterday at 11:36 AM

Okay then, tell me a way to prevent this.

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