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Comment by tshtf

Open source is not a panacea here.

The situation is largely the same with Signal: Unless you manually build and install Signal yourself, there is no guarantee that the App Store or Play Store versions are actually built from the source provided by OpenWhisperSystems.

And even if you compile Signal yourself, there's always "Reflections on Trusting Trust".

parent tshtf 10 years ago

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