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		matheusmoreira 21 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Minecraft removing obfuscation in Java Edition > mods are automatically pushed to the clients I'm surprised this hasn't become a malware distribution channel yet.

smccabe0 21 days ago [–]

It has and it hasn't. There's modders in the scene who I refuse to use mods from because I know they also have developed cheats.

All of the same supply chain issues you have with packages in a programming ecosystem exist in VS's mod system.

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