GitHub Blocks Linux Clone

Github protected your PC Github SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized repository from cloning. Cloning this repository might put your PC at risk. Repository: torvalds/linux Publisher: Unknown publisher Clone anyway Don’t clone

A blue Github SmartScreen warning says that cloning the torvalds/linux repository may put the PC at risk because the publisher is unknown. The joke is that GitHub treats the famous Linux repository as suspicious malware, making the warning absurdly overprotective; it is used as a reaction to ironically distrust something reputable. EN: A blue Github SmartScreen warning says that cloning the torvalds/linux repository may put the PC at risk because the publisher is unknown. The joke is that GitHub treats the famous Linux repository as suspicious malware, making the warning absurdly overprotective; it is used as a reaction to ironically distrust something reputable.

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