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What does notepad need openssl for?

• w4yai 9mo ago
  Cryptography I guess
• absynth 9mo ago
  For the built-in web-browser instance it likely contains by now.
  • daemoncoder 9mo ago
    Ability to handle email coming soon.
    • autoexec 9mo ago
      But can it play MP3s?
      • MonkeyClub 9mo ago
        I'm sure eventually it will, it's law: Every text editor, if it survives long enough, will end up implementing a partial, bug-ridden version of Emacs.
        • oblio 9mo ago
          > Every text editor, if it survives long enough, will end up implementing a partial, bug-ridden version of Emacs. Every text editor, including Emacs [...].
          • anthk 9mo ago
            Emacs has EMMS for music, reusing mpg123/mpv/ffplay and the like, but it can emulate Vim well enough too ;) Altough now I'm using 9front, Sam and Acme. I feel myself weird not using the keyboard but at least I understood structural expressions for Sam/Acme really fast, first with 'Vis' and next under Acme. Oh, Acme can do mail and news and a bunch more... because it has I/O since the beginning, you can plug anything into it, from commands to the text buffer to sockets. Even a crude HN client if you dare.
          • xaldir 9mo ago
            No, no, no, Emacs is a pretty good operating system, it just lacks a good text editor.
• nicoburns 9mo ago
  Looks like it's using it for encryption.
• keepamovin 9mo ago
  Encryption at rest (AES-GCM). To meet FIPS 140-3, I can't roll my own crypto; I have to use a validated module. I actually only link OpenSSL on Linux, and then only if it's in FIPS-mode. On Windows (CNG) and macOS (CoreCrypto), I use the native OS primitives to avoid the dependency and keep the binary small.