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I'd like to test this but mum said not to download unknown .exe files from the internet.

system2 3y ago
Honestly, if they provided 100mb source code, would you read it and then compile it? Source code alone doesn't make it secure.
- p-e-w 3y ago
  Something like this doesn't require 100 MB of source code. I'd expect a few thousand LoC at most. And I absolutely do at least a quick visual "sanity check" of the code before compiling and running newly announced software.
  - layer8 3y ago
    You can do a sanity check on exe files with VirusTotal and other tools. And if it’s just for testing, you can use a throw-away VM.
- Brian_K_White 3y ago
  Irrelevant. Convenient or probable doesn't matter. What matters is possible vs not possible. All it takes is one person somewhere who wants to look something over, and they heads-up the rest, and then many others do verify. And that initial one does exist even though it's not you or me, the same way the author exists, the same way that at least once in a while for some things it is you or me.
  - system2 3y ago
    I am happy to hear everyone has plenty of free time to check all random internet open-source projects.
    - Brian_K_White 3y ago
      Citation needed. No one said that, and so if you heard it, then you should see a therapist about your hallucinations.
      - system2 3y ago
        It is a new year, maybe you should try to be happy and calm this year.
        Brian_K_White 3y ago
        And yet still no one said that.
layer8 3y ago
It’s not like the usual pipe-curl-to-bash installation instructions are much better.
- mort96 3y ago
  And if the author of your parent comment saw a random forum user ask people to curl | bash from some random .su domain I'm sure they'd have no aversion to that! Great argument!
forgotpwd16 3y ago
Doesn't Windows come with a sandbox built-in nowadays?
- mort96 3y ago
  No
  - zamadatix 3y ago
    It does so long as you have Pro or higher: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/application-security/application-isolation/windows-sandbox/windows-sandbox-overview https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/applicati... It's actually decently handy. Just keep in mind no sandbox is perfect.
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Honestly, if they provided 100mb source code, would you read it and then compile it? Source code alone doesn't make it secure.

p-e-w 3y ago
Something like this doesn't require 100 MB of source code. I'd expect a few thousand LoC at most. And I absolutely do at least a quick visual "sanity check" of the code before compiling and running newly announced software.
- layer8 3y ago
  You can do a sanity check on exe files with VirusTotal and other tools. And if it’s just for testing, you can use a throw-away VM.
Brian_K_White 3y ago
Irrelevant. Convenient or probable doesn't matter. What matters is possible vs not possible. All it takes is one person somewhere who wants to look something over, and they heads-up the rest, and then many others do verify. And that initial one does exist even though it's not you or me, the same way the author exists, the same way that at least once in a while for some things it is you or me.
- system2 3y ago
  I am happy to hear everyone has plenty of free time to check all random internet open-source projects.
  - Brian_K_White 3y ago
    Citation needed. No one said that, and so if you heard it, then you should see a therapist about your hallucinations.
    - system2 3y ago
      It is a new year, maybe you should try to be happy and calm this year.
      - Brian_K_White 3y ago
        And yet still no one said that.

layer8 3y ago

It’s not like the usual pipe-curl-to-bash installation instructions are much better.

mort96 3y ago
And if the author of your parent comment saw a random forum user ask people to curl | bash from some random .su domain I'm sure they'd have no aversion to that! Great argument!

forgotpwd16 3y ago

Doesn't Windows come with a sandbox built-in nowadays?

mort96 3y ago
No
- zamadatix 3y ago
  It does so long as you have Pro or higher: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/application-security/application-isolation/windows-sandbox/windows-sandbox-overview https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/applicati... It's actually decently handy. Just keep in mind no sandbox is perfect.

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