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firefox-patch-bin, librewolf-fix-bin and zen-browser-patched-bin AUR packages contain malware (lists.archlinux.org)
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[–] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 16 points 3 weeks ago

Most all the major distros have a way to install things outside of the project's official repos. And this is a "people didn't look at the PKGBUILD" issue, nothing to do with "bleeding edge" FUD.

This has been an issue with other distros in the past.

Ubuntu snap store

Mint ISO

Gentoo package in repo