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[–] bignose@programming.dev 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

We shouldn’t even be in this situation, where just politely asking someone’s computer to delete files is effective.

Exactly, it's a problem only for those who have knowingly handed their development environment over to obey commands from an untrusted source.

If you're the one holding the syringe to your own vein and pushing the plunger, but you didn't think to ask what's inside first? That's no one else's fault.

This is a well targeted sabotage of a system that's causing untold damage. Of course it's going to annoy and surprise the people using the system it's targeted to.