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StefanLobbenmeier / youtube-dl-gui

A cross-platform GUI for youtube-dl made in Electron and node.js
GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
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The "Get cookies.txt" extension is now actively malware #149

Open markjirousek opened 2 weeks ago

markjirousek commented 2 weeks ago

See the details here: https://www.reddit.com/r/youtubedl/comments/11i5vyq/psa_the_get_cookiestxt_extension_is_now_actively/

This needs to be removed as a recommendation as soon as possible, even if the extension isn't available anymore hopefully.

StefanLobbenmeier commented 2 weeks ago

Thanks for letting me know, I removed the recommendation from the wiki here

https://github.com/StefanLobbenmeier/youtube-dl-gui/wiki/Tutorial:-Private-videos-&-playlists