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john_strinlaitoday at 3:54 PM3 repliesview on HN

for what it is worth, when downloading the latest .exe from github, firefox says "this file is not commonly downloaded" and i have to select "allow download".

scans of it are fine.

probably just a heuristic-based false-positive, and not a news-worthy story of chrome abusing their monopoly or whatever.


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ryandraketoday at 6:21 PM

Do these little speed bumps even work? I have to admit I'm so numb to all these popups and to apps warning me this and begging me that, that I just don't read anything anymore. Each app that hits me up with yet another dialog is just another brick in the wall.

The only speed bump that I find super annoying is when your browser tries to prevent you from going to a site with an incorrectly configured certificate (or a self signed certificate). The UX browsers make you navigate in this case is extra-horrible. Apparently, my use of a self-signed certificate for some local machines means I'm about to die.

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miki_oomiritoday at 4:32 PM

Isn’t firefox using Google “safe browsing” database ?

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whateverboattoday at 6:38 PM

This is also happening with `.tar.gz` file on chrome for yt-dlp. Doesn't happen for other `.tar.gz`