Vulnerability of OpenSource Software download mechanisms: VLC

[stargrave at stargrave.org (Sergey Matveev)]

*** Steve Kinney <admin at pilobilus.net> [2017-07-03 17:30]:
>> However they are refusing to implement HTTPS arguing that because their
>> .exe are digitally signed with authenticode they are safe 
>> https://trac.videolan.org/vlc/ticket/18472 .
>
>Against hostile State actors, HTTPS only provides a false sense of
>security.  If your threat model includes the CIA, reliance on HTTPS is a
>fundamental error in the "game over" category.

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