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Ubuntu's Mozillateam PPA now forcing users over to snap install for Firefox. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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What use to be the PPA that allowed Ubuntu users to use native .deb packages for Firefox has recently changed to the same meta package that forces installation of Snap and the Firefox snap package.

I am having to remove the meta package, then re-uninstall the snap firefox, then re-uninstall Snap, then install pin the latest build I could get (firefox_116.0.3+build2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1~mt1_arm64.deb) to keep the native firefox build.

I'm so done with Ubuntu.

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[–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

For one, packages aren't cryptographically verified after downloading them, as is done with apt.

This is a massive security vulnerability.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Verifying a snap package’s authenticity seems to suggest otherwise. What's the source for your claim?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Your link is just guesses on a forum.

    Link me to the official documentation that describes how signatures work.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    You mean like https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/jammy/en/man8/snap.8.html

    Still better than a random user claiming

    This is a massive security vulnerability

    with no justification whatsoever.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    That's usage documentation. It doesn't describe how snap verifies packages.

    The burden of proof lies with the program's docs to prove their security. In the absence of such documentation, we should all ageree to distrust it as insecure.

    Apt clearly documents how the manifest file is cryptographically signed with PGP (and if that Sig or the signed hashes dont for any package it refuses to continue).

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