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[raxxorraxor]

> to build binary reputation you need to cooperate by using cryptography.

You need to get your software signed by Microsoft because it wants to be the arbiter of allowed software.

This is blatantly misrepresenting the issue and is technically wrong. And it disregards that this is mainly a mechanism to protect and conquer hegemony in software. This is not at all comparable to DKIM or SPF.

[my123 → raxxorraxor]

> You need to get your software signed by Microsoft because it wants to be the arbiter of allowed software.

Microsoft is deliberately not handling Authenticode certificates themselves in an attempt to stem this problem.

Those certificates are instead held by third-party CAs.