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The tilde in your PATH may not be your HOME
A security write-up warns that putting a literal tilde (~) in the PATH environment variable does not always resolve to your home directory as expected, which can lead to unexpected binaries being executed. The piece walks through how different shells and contexts expand the tilde, and why developers relying on it in PATH may expose themselves to subtle vulnerabilities or misconfigurations.
Why now: A newly published technical article on an easily overlooked shell and PATH quirk is circulating among developers and security engineers.
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