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Installing a VPN on Linux? Here are the Easiest Methods (www.cnet.com)
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[–] refalo@programming.dev 14 points 1 month ago (5 children)

sudo curl

sudo random binary

Umm

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

sudo curl

I'd use curl to download with user permissions and then sudo mv to the desired place.

sudo random binary

The official binary of your vpn provider isn't exactly "random". They probably also provide means to check whether the downloaded binary is authentic. Yet, they don't elaborate on that here.

[–] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To me, any binary I do not have the source code for is random. I have no idea what's in it and it could be doing any number of malicious things.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes, but as it's the official binary of your VPN provider, you're going to need to trust them anyways when using their servers.

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