It does not actually wipe your disk, it just places a file on the users desktop. It seems the author originally wanted to wipe the users disk, but decided against it. Shit like this is a great reason to always pin your dependencies and do your research before upgrading them.
this post was submitted on 18 Mar 2022
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Pretty sure the author decided to do it in the first place. That moron is the reason why I hesitate to install LITERALLY ANY NPM PACKAGE now.
This is terrible and node-ipc should not have done this. It's shameful conduct by node-ipc authors.
Lol
In the statement from the NGO they threaten legal action. Is there grounds/precedent for such a thing? Don't you use open source code at your own risk?
im of course not a lawyer,
but id expect that there might be a diffrence between stuff breaking or not working as expected, and what sounds like intentional sabotage
Node-ipc is used in way too many places.
"We hate your government, not you. So we're going to screw you over just for being in a specific place."