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Hmm 1. This is local execution 2. What's so secure about a downloaded executable run directly from the OS? It could send information to a remote server just (or more) easily, and less transparently


> What's so secure about a downloaded executable run directly from the OS?

I did not suggest distributing an executable. I suggested distributing code, so that the user could audit it before execution.

I did not realize this tool executed all of its logic in the client when I made that post. It is rare to find websites with plainly-written, unobfuscated, uncompressed, vanilla Javascript that don't rely on any server-side processing.




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