It definitely does help. We've seen malicious actors introduce "bad things" into legitimate packages [1]. So hashes help identify what you got, but doesn't nece

It definitely does help. We've seen malicious actors introduce "bad things" into legitimate packages [1]. So hashes help identify what you got, but doesn't necessarily prevent you from getting something you didn't intend. [1] https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/current-activity/2021/10/22/malware-discovered-popular-npm-package-ua-parser-js https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ncas/current-activity/2021/10/22...