Insight 5 of 8
Download each app from its maker's own site
A download is only as trustworthy as whoever packaged it. Search results can put sponsored links and bundled installers ahead of the maker's own site, and a third-party installer adds a middleman whose copy you have not verified against the maker's.
The fix skips search entirely. Type the maker's address yourself: `claude.com/download` for Claude, `chatgpt.com/download` for ChatGPT. The company that builds the app controls the file on its own page, with nobody in between.
Practice
Question stem
A sponsored ChatGPT download link is open in one tab, a bundled installer in another, and the maker's own page in a third. Which tab do you use?
Answer
Pick the source with nobody in between.
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