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I have a gripe with Portable Windows Apps or more precisely with a way they are distributed. Web is filled with scams, malware, phishing or just insecure web p
by archargelod 3y ago
I have a gripe with Portable Windows Apps or more precisely with a way they are distributed.
Web is filled with scams, malware, phishing or just insecure web pages.Even when a source code of a program is public and download page is genuine, how could I ever trust the binary? I can't, but I can verify the source code (or take a risk that someone already examined it) and trust transparent CI chain.
So even if it comes from the respected developer I won't run a notavirus.exe, unless it was compiled automatically in a public docker container.
P.S. Another option for more portable linux executables is musl C library + appimage.