HelloZeroNet / HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet
please do not depend on python-pip3 - security risk - use dependencies available from distribution package repositories
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Description
Instructions on Linux currently require to run `sudo python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt`. Please consider to drop this if possible.
python pip is a security risk since it does not verify software signatures on packages it downloads. It is also a third party package manager.
Previously a bitcoin wallet was hacked that depended on a third party package manager that didn't verify software signatures.
https://bitpay.com/blog/npm-package-vulnerability-copay/
Could you please use dependencies available from distribution package repositories such as packages.debian.org?
This is also a blocker for ever getting ZeroNet accepted into official packages.debian.org.
This is also a blocker for pre-installation of ZeroNet by default in Whonix.
Related packaging issues:
https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet/issues/382
https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet/issues/241
https://github.com/HelloZeroNet/ZeroNet/issues/1786
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