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Hundreds of code libraries posted to NPM try to install malware on dev machines (arstechnica.com)
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[–] interurbain1er@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago

That won't prevent typo squatting. This article is a out people wanting to add a dependency to "famousLib" and instead typing "famusLib".

What probably help more in Go is the lack of a central repo so you actually need to "go get github.com/whoever..." so typo squatting is a bit be a bit more complicated.

On the other hand it will be an easy fix in NPM by simply adding a check to libraries names and reject names that are too similar since it's centralized.