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510 points pierrelf | 3 comments | 20 Dec 24 17:33 UTC | HN request time: 1.28s | source
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lkurtz ◴[20 Dec 24 19:47 UTC] No.42474314[source]▶
Recommending (and running) `xattr -c` can be extremely dangerous. I would suggest withholding Mac releases until they can be distributed/run safely.
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crazygringo ◴[20 Dec 24 20:09 UTC] No.42474522[source]▶
As someone not very familiar, is there any legitimate reason why they say "Our Apple signing/notarization is not entirely done yet"?

It feels extremely suspicious, given that I download lots of other popular utility software from independent devs and I've never had to do that before.

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lkurtz ◴[20 Dec 24 20:23 UTC] No.42474650[source]▶
There are a couple of legitimate reasons, namely the expense/KYC process of an Apple Developer Program membership and/or the complexity of integrating signing + notarization into existing build pipelines (but XCode does makes it pretty straightforward to cut an ad-hoc release that is signed and notarized).

In my opinion at least, the most likely reason is that Apple is refusing to notarize the software. If this is the case, people really should not be running it.

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1. josephcsible ◴[20 Dec 24 21:53 UTC] No.42475438[source]▶
Once you buy a Mac, Apple doesn't own it anymore, so them not wanting you to run a piece of software isn't a good reason why you shouldn't.
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2. dishsoap ◴[21 Dec 24 05:56 UTC] No.42477808[source]▶
This used to be true. It is, in fact, not true anymore!
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3. josephcsible ◴[21 Dec 24 17:00 UTC] No.42480745[source]▶
It's still true. Why do you think it isn't?