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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by foxX on Monday September 24, 2018 @08:29AM (#18057100)
The fact that the source code is available does not guarantee that the blob is the product of that source.
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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by abjKT26nO8 on Monday September 24, 2018 @09:59AM (#18057702)
This is why there is the "Reproducible Builds"[0] initiative from Debian folks.

[0] https://reproducible-builds.org/

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Re:Modifications to Google Chromium for removing Google inte... by Iolaum on Monday September 24, 2018 @09:12AM (#18057348)
That's true and, to me, has been brought on the spotlight from Microsoft practices around VSCode. On the other hand, for an OSS project, building the binary is not that hard.
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