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Feeling secure with Bintray downloads
Blog post from JFrog
Post Details
Company
Date Published
Author
jbaruch
Word Count
300
Language
English
Hacker News Points
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Summary
Bintray services, excluding ConanCenter and JCenter, were discontinued as of May 1, 2021, prompting a focus on ensuring trust through a decentralized Web of Trust (WoT) model for verifying digital identities. To achieve this, Bintray allows developers to link their profiles with social media accounts like Twitter, GitHub, and Google+, using OAuth to authenticate their identities. This process helps users confirm the authenticity of the developers and their packages, fostering trust in the files they download. JFrog emphasizes the importance of having comprehensive information about libraries and their authors to enable informed decisions regarding trustworthiness.