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If you intentionally install something called Free Download Manager, you should not be surprised when it turns out to be malware.



Yeah who would ever trust a free BSD?


That’s right, security-minded people trust OpenBSD instead.


And Open File Manager!

The point here is it’s actually really hard to identify scammy software by name. It only seems that way with extensive domain knowledge. As adoption of Linux continues to grow more people will be duped.


...which conveniently routinely breaks binaries between stable releases ;)

(Obviously joking, nothing but love for OpenBSD.)


Are you saying that maybe it should have been named Linux Download Manager to fool more people, or Debian Download Manager?

Proving trust is hard.


I would only trust it if the name were some inscrutable string of lowercase letters, preferably referencing a programming in-joke about recursion.


If it's not in the main Debian repositories, I don't know that the majority of Linux users would install it.




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