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    From William Unruh@2:250/1 to All on Sun May 11 04:13:52 2025
    I have installed google chrome and earth, but each time I try to do so,
    I get the error that it cannot check the key. I have tried numerous
    times to download the key, but it never works.
    I found the note saying that the linux key is obsolete in 2023. Is
    google refusing to have a valid key?
    Or are they telling u tha tthey are purposely installing back doors into google-chrome/earth?

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  • From TJ@2:250/1 to All on Tue May 13 13:28:10 2025
    On 2025-05-11 13:20, Mike Easter wrote:
    Mike Easter wrote:

    Here's one from '18 that is still alive/new and has the better email:

    https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?
    op=get&search=0xeb4c1bfd4f042f6dddccec917721f63bd38b4796

    Key ID - 0x7721F63BD38B4796

    ... which is on the page I said was 'no help' :-)

    https://www.google.com/linuxrepositories/

    More on that page:

    NOTE: From early 2023 onward, all Linux RPM packages are signed with
    periodically rotated subkeys of the 0xD38B4796 signing key.

    https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup? search=0xD38B4796&fingerprint=on&op=index

    Also, in my Linux Mint repo, I have the .deb package for 7.3.6.9796-r0,
    the deb at google's dl site isn't much more 7.3.6.10201-r0

    Now looking in Mageia's repo/s, I don't see a google-earth package, I
    guess the google-available rpm would work.



    The downloaded Earth rpm does install with rpm, but it complains about
    the key missing or invalid. (I don't recall which now. It's been a
    while) I've always told it to install anyway.

    I know there's a risk involved, but Life without risk is boring. I'm a
    farmer by trade, and calculating risk is part of my business. In the
    overall scheme of things the sweet corn I planted yesterday is more
    likely to cause trouble than Google Earth.

    I have run into issues with Earth and our nvidia-current in Plasma and Wayland. Plasma under x11 works fine.

    TJ

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  • From Mike Easter@2:250/1 to All on Tue May 13 15:46:53 2025
    TJ wrote:
    The downloaded Earth rpm does install with rpm, but it complains about
    the key missing or invalid. (I don't recall which now. It's been a
    while) I've always told it to install anyway.

    There is a problem w/ google's page about the key. Its 'direct' info is
    a link to an expired key. One has to 'mess with'/parse the page and investigation to find a good unexpired key. I haven't tested whether or
    not the 'new' key is satisfactory or not.

    I don't know why google doesn't fix the page, and I haven't tried to communicate w/ their help (or something) about it.

    --
    Mike Easter

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