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rocqua
on Dec 14, 2016
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A Backdoor in Skype for Mac OS X
Deterministic compilation isn't commonplace yet. I'm not even sure if it's really usable at all yet.
Generally, we rely on signed binaries.
sleepychu
on Dec 20, 2016
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So the signature gives you confidence because you trust the signatory?
rocqua
on Dec 24, 2016
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Yes, or more specifically, because I trust the keys published by the developers are controlled only by the developers, and because I trust the developers to compile correctly.
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Generally, we rely on signed binaries.