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Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers (notepad-plus-plus.org)

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[–] piccolo@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The point of signing software is to ensure the software was not tampered from the publisher. Linux package managers solve this by comparing a gpg key from the publish with the software's. There is no need for a corporate giant to "vet" software.

[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

I guess, the point was there's nothing doing that in windows, and you will have to check manually or use an expensive M$ certificate