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Microsoft SmartScreen is very similar to Apple's approach. Although I believe you can disable SmartScreen on Windows still which, afaik, you cannot do on macOS
by satysin 6y ago
Microsoft SmartScreen is very similar to Apple's approach. Although I believe you can disable SmartScreen on Windows still which, afaik, you cannot do on macOS without resorting to "hacks" such as editing the hosts file to loopback the Apple OCSP server.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SmartScreen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_SmartScreen
- minot 6y agoGood thing too because it is easy to screw up signing. For example, even the dotnet team has trouble with it https://github.com/dotnet/core/issues/5202 https://github.com/dotnet/core/issues/5202
- ameyab 6y agoExactly. The policy applies to everyone. Unsigned new binaries (executables) on the internet are not to be trusted by the general public.
- raxxorrax 6y agoUnfortunately Microsoft is that predictable that it is safe to say they already think about removing the option to disable it. Another reason not to use an MS account. I think this is a plain data leak and arguably worse than a trojan can do to your system in context of modern banking security measures. Also I doubt most users are aware that MS gets info on every app you run.