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Re:Dissection of COVIDSafe (Android): Australian government'... by m4rtink on Sunday April 26, 2020 @11:37AM (#22987872)
IIRC, Fdroid rebuilds all the Android apps they host from source so they can be sure their source really matches the app. Actually, this is also what all good Linux distros do with all their software.
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Re:Dissection of COVIDSafe (Android): Australian government'... by lern_too_spel on Sunday April 26, 2020 @04:43PM (#22990088)
I'm not aware of any Linux distros with 100% reproducible builds, though Debian is actively working on it and getting closer.
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Re:Dissection of COVIDSafe (Android): Australian government'... by doubleunplussed on Monday April 27, 2020 @02:30AM (#22993410)
The distros can be sure without full reproducibility, since they built it. The users are still required to trust the distros built what they said they would though.
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Re:Dissection of COVIDSafe (Android): Australian government'... by sjwright on Monday April 27, 2020 @06:41AM (#22994613)
The end user isn't the distro though.
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