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This will just push people to get their ISOs from other, less reputable, sources. Truth is only a minority verifies the hashs of their ISO. What Rufus should do
by unknownaccount 4y ago
This will just push people to get their ISOs from other, less reputable, sources. Truth is only a minority verifies the hashs of their ISO. What Rufus should do is compile a list of known hashes for every untouched Windows release and then warn the user if they attempt to flash a tainted ISO.
- BiteCode_dev 4y agoSo do more work for free to protect users because MS put them at risk for money.
- doubled112 4y agoWill it push them to other, less reputable sources? If a user was able to discover and find Rufus, they should be capable of discovering and finding the legitimate download on the Microsoft website too. The article and my quick test say it is still possible.
- unknownaccount 4y agoAs far as I can remember, the ISO downloads on the official Microsoft site are hidden behind a login screen. Because of that, for the last several years my source of ISOs has been random websites I found by googling or by torrent sites. I’m sure I’m not the only one.
- doubled112 4y agoYou can check for yourself. https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows11 https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows11 There is a section titled Download Windows 11 Disk Image (ISO) > This download is a multi-edition ISO which uses your product key to unlock the correct edition It is annoying that it is a generated link only valid for 24 hours, but no login is required. Quick edit: Maybe they tested requiring logins at one time? Could this change based on user agent or something else? Would they do something that ridiculous? Firefox on Debian on my end.
- unknownaccount 4y agoThis must be relatively new. There was a period of at least several years prior to Windows 11 where I don’t believe it was possible to download without logging into the website.
- InvaderFizz 4y agoI've downloaded virtually every release ISO of Windows 10 going back to the first one. I don't think I have ever been logged in, mainly because I end up using a different browser with a fake macOS user agent to make it give me the ISO instead of trying to get me to download their exe.
- MiguelX413 4y agoI've been downloading ISOs directly from Microsoft without login for several years.
- encryptluks2 4y agoAs noted above, from my experience these releases are often months and sometimes years behind their monthly ISO updates from MSDN.