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minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·7 hours agoOkay. You tell me what the double ratchet is, since you’re so smart.
minus-squaredavelAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 hours agoThe double ratchet algo is irrelevant if the app is doing something else altogether.
minus-squareKairos@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down3·7 hours agoCompiling the app is irrelevant if I don’t read the source.
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·7 hours 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-up1·2 hours agookay, but reproducible builds solve the rest of that problem https://signal.org/blog/reproducible-android/
Okay. You tell me what the double ratchet is, since you’re so smart.
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/