Security/Download Protection

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Description

We warn on every application download, which causes warning fatigue and doesn't help users make good decisions. We should track the reputation of download URLs and hashes.

See Security/Features/Application_Reputation_Design_Doc for implementation details.

Engineering

QA

To turn on debugging output, export the following environment variable:

NSPR_LOG_MODULES="ApplicationReputation:5"

Documentation