Mozilla recommends Brackets as a text editor for beginners (Link). After clicking the link Chrome states that the website isn't secure. Can others confirm that Brackets software and their website is safe to use?
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1Chrome now marks non-https sites as not secure. – GSerg Jan 14 '17 at 07:58
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Otherwise this question is not on topic. – GSerg Jan 14 '17 at 08:05
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If you click on Advanced you may find the answer to your question:
As you can see, the certificate is rather issued for a different part of the site (listed in the above screenshot).
The authors have kept the content of the documentation on GitHub (http://brackets.io/) because they judge the static pages do not need HTTPS. However, they hosted the .deb file safely (try to download it).
Conclusion: visit http://brackets.io/ both to read the documentation and download the .deb file safely
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I get a Windows Firewall warning (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_Z8B5WqCCg5NkF6cVVMTFVqejA). Whenever I receive a watrning for applications from known companies I ingnore them, but not sure what's the right thing to do with open source applications. Suggestions? – Ben Carp Jan 15 '17 at 11:11
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*Brackets has a Node.js process integrated into the shell. This is useful for adding functionality that requires deeper native OS access than provided by the Brackets shell* That is why you are getting that warning. Nothing is more trust worthy than an open source application as the source code is public. Instead of being paranoid about open source applications, you should worry about the Windows OS you are using (see my accepted former answer [here](http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/98172/what-are-the-privacy-and-security-implications-of-windows-telemetry)) @Ben – Billal Begueradj Jan 15 '17 at 15:35