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@InTheWings, I agree that update servers may have bogus or untrusted certificates. That is why VLC validates the certificates before doing the download and why one should NOT accept a download from a site with a bad certificate. This is why I ask what is causing so many (every, in my case) update si...

I reported this to VLC's published security email address (https://www.videolan.org/security/) on 2021-1-25 at 22:16 UTC+2. I have not had a response as yet.

I am unclear as to why my post was moved to "Contribute and help the VideoLAN project" without any comments. It would be good to understand why this security warning is being experienced.

I am running VLC 3.0.11 Vetinari on Windows 10 Enterprise. I was prompted by VLC to update to 3.0.12 with the following text: "VideoLAN and the VLC development team present VLC 3.0.12 "Vetinari". VLC 3.0.12 is a small update to VLC 3.0 branch, improving support for Blu-Rays, RIST, DAS...