In addition to concerns about npm, I'm now hesitant to use the GitHub CLI, which stores a highly privileged OAuth token in plain text in the HOME directory. After the attacker accesses it, they can do almost anything on behalf of me, for example, they turned many of my private repos to public.
In addition to concerns about npm, I'm now hesitant to use the GitHub CLI, which stores a highly privileged OAuth token in plain text in the HOME directory. After the attacker accesses it, they can do almost anything on behalf of me, for example, they turned many of my private repos to public.