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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ryandrake 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

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.

	▲	bahmboo 2 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I have been using the internet since before the www. In the last few years I pay attention to every speed bump and evaluate it seriously. I check the url of every financial site I log into. I disable automatic security blocks as a last resort. There's just too much consequence for failure.
	▲	dpoloncsak 2 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		We recently rolled over an SSL cert that is used for RemoteApps. Most of my users rely on these RemoteApps. They all got the 'yellow warning box' that the SSL cert was different, and we got swamped with tickets. Atleast in a corporate environment, they help

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miki_oomiri 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

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

	▲	warkdarrior 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		Safebrowsing does not provide popularity metrics for downloads, to my knowledge. It only states whether a URL is malicious according to some Google checks. No amount of popularity would turn a malicious URL into a benign one.

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whateverboat 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

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