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with opensource you can do this. but with closed source like from microsoft, that is not automatically given.
by deknos 5y ago
with opensource you can do this. but with closed source like from microsoft, that is not automatically given.
- ben_w 5y agoIn the context of “government agencies”, they can just order Microsoft to make it possible, if they care. In the case of Windows for Warships[0], one of the arguments (if they absolutely had to use Windows and nothing else) might be something like “Dear Mr. Gates, if you don’t empower us to do our job, we can’t guarantee that North Korea won’t retarget our nukes at your face. Sincerely, the Royal Navy.” [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_Command_System https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_Command_System
- pabs3 5y agoYou could have some sort of reproducible-builds escrow organisations; for eg release your code to them, they would do a build and publicly sign hashes of the build they produced.