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Re:Source code of Germany’s official covid-19 contact tracin... by chopin on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @07:54AM (#23538060)
You not only need to trust the German government but any intermediate all the way to the store. I doubt that Apple or Google build the app from the repo.

To add, there are currently discussions underway in the German parliament to give our secret services (namely the notorious Verfassungsschutz) the power to compromise IT systems (Bundestrojaner). I'd trust even the government not that much these times.

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Re:Source code of Germany’s official covid-19 contact tracin... by ClumsyPilot on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @01:59PM (#23542057)
I agree, its a shame we can't actually trace it all the way from git.

As for conpromising IT systems, arent they just going to bw on a level playing field with NSA and others?

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