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I love how the author asks the reader to implicitly distrust the OS vendor, but then also to implicitly trust their random software. Seems legit to me.

• hdjfktkrk 6y ago
  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.
  • ThePadawan 6y ago
    What browser is this? Chrome will try its best to not let me download .zip files containing .exe files.
    • judge2020 6y ago
      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.