• @Womble@lemmy.world
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    512 hours ago

    You could make exactly the same argument for installing software onto your computer, it is an attack vector and going through microsoft’s store or your distro’s repos gives a level of curation. So should desktop users be prevented/scared off from installing what software they want because it’s a security issue?

    • @Wrench@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      You mean that warning that they all give when you’re installing a 3rd party app? And the warning is more aggressive when it’s an unregistered (licensed?) App.

      They all do it. Windows, MacOS for sure. I don’t remember seeing it on Linux, but I’m usually not installing sketchy binaries on Linux.