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Comment by hamstergene

2 months ago

macOS and Windows both used to allow running arbitrary binaries from a web page. Linux GUI users get away purely because it’s unpopular target for as scammers, once naive grandmas and 12-year olds start using it, I’m sure there will be comparable amount of hurdle to just give another person a binary.

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