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How do i you decide whats safe to run

I recently ran Gossa on my home server using Docker, mounting it to a folder. Since I used rootless Docker, I was curious - if Gossa were to be a virus, would I have been infected? Have any of you had experience with Gossa?

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Nothing is safe to run unless you write it yourself. You just have to trust the source. Sometimes that’s easy, like Red Hat, and sometimes that’s hard. Sometimes it bites you in the ass, and sometimes it doesn’t.

Docker is a good way to sandbox things, just be aware of the permissions and access you give a container. If you give it access to your network, that’s basically like letting the developer connect their computer to your wifi. It’s also not perfect, so again, you have to trust the source. Do some research, make sure they’re trustworthy.

[–] Mora@pawb.social 1 points 4 months ago

You just have to trust the source. Sometimes that’s ~~easy, like~~ Red Hat, and ~~sometimes~~ that’s hard.

FTFY