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Good point, but should be noted that there are ways, such as npm audit and snyk, to do much of the security checking in a more automated way.
– user949300
Commented Dec 28, 2018 at 18:55
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Those tools are just checking for known vunerablities. Not deliberately introduced backdoors and the like
– Ewan
Commented Dec 28, 2018 at 20:17
And "deliberately introduced backdoors" are a new vector only beginning to be exploited. This is the future.
– Frank Hileman
Commented Dec 29, 2018 at 17:29

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