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VideoLAN @videolan App Stores were a mistake. Currently, we cannot update VLC on Windows Store, and we cannot update VLC on Android Play Store, without reducing security or dropping a lot of users... For now, iOS App Store still allows us to ship for iOS9, but until when?

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 88 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Google requiring their private signing key is insane, and goes completely against the concept of private/public keys.

Why is Google asking for this?

[–] Synnr@sopuli.xyz 35 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

See also: NSA PRISM

Member when all the companies listed released a PR statement within 24 hours of each other, all very basic and denied allowing the NSA direct access to their users?

I member.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 11 points 7 months ago

Oh yeah, I remember that...

[–] Kindness@lemmy.ml 26 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

C-I-A Confidentiality, Integrity, Accessibility. They don't need the keys for C or A. Only one option remains. To modify the code and pass it off as code VLC wrote or signed off on.

Likely to install malware and re-sign. Brazen identity theft.

Maybe I'm wrong, they could use VLC's private keys to gobble encrypted communications too.