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Re:No, Cellebrite Cannot “Break Signal Encryption” by gruez on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @03:04PM (#25521567)
...or just compare byte by byte, since reproducible builds provides you with an .apk to compare against, not just a hash.
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Re:No, Cellebrite Cannot “Break Signal Encryption” by mechnesium on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @03:08PM (#25521609)
AFAIK, you cannot view applications on iOS unless your device is jailbroken. Apps are completely opaque since there is no traversable filesystem. On Android, it is a little simpler.

The vast majority of non-technical users have no knowledge about hexadecimal file comparisons or checksums. They see an app that promises privacy, and they click download.

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