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minus-squaredavelAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 month agoThe double ratchet algo is irrelevant if the app is doing something else altogether.
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down5·1 month agoCompiling the app is irrelevant if I don’t read the source.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down3·1 month agoThat’s nonsense, because many different people read the source and audit open source software. While it’s certainly possible to sneak malicious code in, the trust doesn’t depend on each single individual auditing it. It’s a collective effort.
minus-squarePup Biru@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agookay, but reproducible builds solve the rest of that problem https://signal.org/blog/reproducible-android/
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoYeah, now that they finally have reproducible builds, at least you can trust that the client is doing what it says it’s doing.
The double ratchet algo is irrelevant if the app is doing something else altogether.
Compiling the app is irrelevant if I don’t read the source.
That’s nonsense, because many different people read the source and audit open source software. While it’s certainly possible to sneak malicious code in, the trust doesn’t depend on each single individual auditing it. It’s a collective effort.
okay, but reproducible builds solve the rest of that problem
https://signal.org/blog/reproducible-android/
Yeah, now that they finally have reproducible builds, at least you can trust that the client is doing what it says it’s doing.