• korstmos@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Because paying a few grand a year for a certificate somehow makes your software more trustworthy

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            1 year ago

            I remember that short time when Steam allowed anyone and everyone to self-publish without any initial fees.

            It was an interesting time.

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      Well it at least is an obstacle. Broke hackers won’t get it or will have to work harder to get around it.

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        That’s the intention. In reality lots of genuine devs can’t afford it, so people get accustomed to just ignore the whole thing.

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      Even more lols when you are gigabyte and your private key leaks. Also when you are gigabyte and your signed driver is used to privilege escalate malware.

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      And that’s why certificates can be revoked, that’s the whole point, trust. It only costs a few hundred a year per Microsoft’s documentation and approved vendors so it doesn’t seem that much of an ask. At the very least you can look up the developer yourself, harder to do if the package has no identity associated with it