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I'm not sure it really matters. Only the Epic installer needs to go through macOS Gatekeeper. The downloaded games don't need to go through Gatekeeper. They can
by _qulr 6y ago
I'm not sure it really matters. Only the Epic installer needs to go through macOS Gatekeeper. The downloaded games don't need to go through Gatekeeper. They can be signed with the same cert, or even be completely unsigned.
- judge2020 6y agoYou're correct, however being able to do that is probably a ticking time bomb since Apple could slip child process verification into Big Sur or the 2021 MacOS release. Steam suggests their developers sign their games to ensure they work in the future[0]. As for what Fortnite is signed with, here's the dump of running codesign -dvvv [1]. 0: https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/detail/3632639303428097613 https://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamworks/announcements/d... 1: https://gist.github.com/judge2020/880eb246fc36e3a128861eddf1c8a3f6 https://gist.github.com/judge2020/880eb246fc36e3a128861eddf1...
- _qulr 6y agoThanks for the info! I wanted to download the full game to check the code signature, but the size is so big (almost 100GB) that I didn't even have enough free disk space.