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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 wo
by 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 agoWhat browser is this? Chrome will try its best to not let me download .zip files containing .exe files.
- judge2020 6y agoIve 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.