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Someone just came into the Pinephone chatroom to share a "snake game"... claiming it was their first attempt at making a game.
:thinking:

Problem was, this was *malware*. Created using bashfuscator. 😈

youtu.be/P9k9ksM4pFI

Someone just came into the Pinephone chatroom to share a "snake game"... claiming it was their first attempt at making a game.
:thinking:

Problem was, this was *malware*. Created using bashfuscator. 😈

(Mirrored on decentralized Peertube. Love to make more friends there.)

tube.tchncs.de/w/tunn31t5p5R1g

@RTP this is probably one of the first pieces of malware for a Linux smart phone?

@joe I believe so. Many more to come I have no doubt! Hopefully users pay attention and we don't see too many victims.

@RTP
>shares arbitrary executable in chatroom full of people who like to tinker with electronics
cant see that plan going awry

@RTP so glad you're actually walking the walk and also posting on #peertube thank you!

@lps Absolutely. Been on peertube for a while. And there are times this account doesn't post the link here - as my peertube is also on Mastodon and so every single video I upload to Peertube is automatically posted to Mastodon as I upload it (on another account) :)

@lps

I want to see platforms like peertube be the future. :)

@RTP
I couldn't agree more, but it will only happen with community support/buy in ... Unfortunately, I don't even see the large FOSS projects recognizing it, which seems to odd to me. Of any group, they should see the necessity of nurturing a much needed alternative. Even simply mirroring content goes a long way!

@RTP@fosstodon.org

shares arbitrary executable in chatroom full of people who like to tinker with electronics
cant see that plan going awry

saw this unfolding, a few people are already working on reverse-engineering it