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Tell HN: Chrome says "Suspicious Download" when trying to download yt-dlp

Quality: 6/10 Relevance: 7/10

Summary

A Hacker News post notes that Chrome flags downloading yt-dlp as "Suspicious Download" with no explanation. The discussion suggests possible false positives in browser security, and raises questions about how legitimate CLI tools distributed from Google servers are treated, with implications for IT security and software distribution practices.

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