Security researcher: Homebrew's official install method is sketchier than a Google ad
matthew_d_green · x · 2026-11-04
Cryptographer Matthew Green quips that the way real Homebrew gets installed (piping curl into a shell) is so sketchy that downloading it from a Google ad "isn't totally unreasonable" — a jab at both the official install script's security optics and the wave of dubious developer-tool ads on Google.
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