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Zed (vscode alternative) on Linux is out! (zed.dev)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://jlai.lu/post/8476122

Zed on Linux is out!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No matter how they package it, running a binary downloaded from Internet has the same attack surface

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You are right, except for one detail. Package managers almost always validate the packages using digital signatures, to avoid man-in-the-middle attacks. You don't need to trust the network anymore. Shell scripts piped to a shell don't have that protection. You still have to trust the developers and maintainers, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Shell scripts have md5 signatures