Many of the root certificates on Windows are not needed

Re:Many of the root certificates on Windows are not needed by hdjfktkrk on Monday October 19, 2020 @02:58PM (#24829647)

Exactly this. If this was an EFF tool maybe I would trust it.

But a binary hosted on GitHub? Especially since GitHub is whitelisted by major browsers so you would not get a reputational warning when downloading a binary. This is exactly the place where a malware vendor would put it's stuff to avoid scary browser warnings.

Also, privacy tools are perfect targets for intelligence agencies, hackers, ... since they are used by people with something valuable (bitcoin, information, ...) so you need to be extra-careful around them.

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Re:Many of the root certificates on Windows are not needed by ThePadawan on Monday October 19, 2020 @05:07PM (#24831040)

What browser is this?

Chrome will try its best to not let me download .zip files containing .exe files.

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Re:Many of the root certificates on Windows are not needed by judge2020 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @01:04AM (#24834082)

Ive never heard of an exemption on virus warnings. If I upload an exe to a github repo and try to download it, chrome will warn me that it's not commonly downloaded. Same for Google drive - even if it's scanned for viruses, chrome might throw a warning that requires you go to the downloads page and allow it.

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