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0 pointsSephr7y ago0 comments

> Even if it's just $20.

$20 doesn't get you an EV certificate anywhere.

We're talking about non-trivial hundreds of dollars per year, which is completely unsustainable for an open source driver for example.

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juliusmusseau7y ago

My point was I would trust someone who drops $20 more than I would trust someone who drops nothing.

$61/yr (USD) will get you an OV cert - there are 10% discount codes that are easy to find for these guys, and their list price is $67/yr:

https://codesigning.ksoftware.net/

But the Notepad++ guy will need a business registered with that name before he can obtain CN=Notepad++, no matter how much he's willing to pay.

ex3ndr7y ago

This certificate doesn't help to bypass UAC and "unsecure" prompt still be shown to the user.

gruez7y ago

That's incorrect. All code authenticode signing certificates (trusted by microsoft) turns the UAC prompt from yellow to blue. EV certificates is probably for auto-trust for smartscreen.

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