When did it become acceptable to execute code from the Internet? It's the dumbest way to install anything and the most dangerous and silly way to get hacked. It is effectively a self-inflicted foreign code execution.

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Agreed. You can skim the shell file before you run it but there's no telling what bugs or exploits are in it.

It's not a new practice by any means.