[kwlug-disc] Malware found in Ubuntu Snaps Store

[doug moen]

Thanks for posting that, Jeff. I will not be downloading any software from
the Ubuntu snap store.

As Khalid notes, the Google Play store has similar problems. I use F-Droid
instead, which is a curated open source Android app store.

On the other hand, I've been thinking about providing pre-compiled binaries
for my Curv software, and "snap" seems like a good format for Linux
binaries, since it avoids the problem of "dependency hell", which I am
already encountering. But, I guess I'll distribute the binaries via github.

On 13 May 2018 at 09:30, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I suppose it was improbable, although I had hoped that we were a bit
> sheltered from this stuff:
>
> https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/05/malware-found-in-
> ubuntu-snap-store.html
>
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