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> While the download itself is served using https (from amazon), curl will contact the google url shortener using HTTP.

Whoever wrote the installation instructions here should take a page from Sublime Package Control's installation instructions:

> The download will be done over HTTP instead of HTTPS due to Python standard library limitations, however the file will be validated using SHA-256.

> WARNING: Please do not redistribute the install code via another website. [Because of the embedded SHA-256 digest, the installation code] will change with every release. Instead, please link to this page.

[1] https://sublime.wbond.net/installation




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