Feature Request: Restrict Search To 'Verified Developer'

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Issue:
People distrust random SNAPs from unknown sources.
People can try to rely on ‘verified developer’ or ‘green checkmark’ to think the snap is somewhat credible.

Request:
There should be a way to restrict searches/installs to ‘verified developer’.
In my case, I’d prefer to have a global snap setting that restricts searches/installs to ‘verified developer’ This should prevent me from accidentally installing a SNAP as sometimes happens if using the SNAP store or command line.

Example: snap.force_verified_developer = TRUE
This would restrict search/installs to cases where the developer is verified (green checkmark)

You could possibly override this per search/install with a command line argument
Example:
snap search --ignore_verified ‘my search term’
snap install --ignore_verified ‘my application’

This can be fleshed out more, but hopefully the general idea is understood.

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I’d like to bump this request to return results containing snaps only from verified developers.

I think it’s especially important now we have so many snaps in the store (many including the word test, for example), and it’s a quick way to find snaps from publishers you can trust.

It could even be implemented as a section, eg:

$ snap find "media player" --section="verified"
Name           Version                Publisher   Notes  Summary
spotify        1.2.26.1187.g36b715a1  spotify✓    -      Music for everyone
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