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If you run binaries compiled by the author of the software it wouldn't matter that it is open source, so play store is out of the question. So then it must be o
by hawski 4y ago
If you run binaries compiled by the author of the software it wouldn't matter that it is open source, so play store is out of the question. So then it must be open source and you must use distributor you trust: your distro maintainers and F-Droid.
Also you must trust that people did really take a look at the code.
- krn 4y agoThat's exactly how Signal and Keybase work, and nobody has any problems with that.
- hawski 4y agoI had exactly this in mind. Mostly if I wouldn't trust the author with binaries I wouldn't really trust with source code either.
- hamburglar 4y agoThat’s because most people hear “E2E” and think that somehow means they can automatically trust the client app. It’s a panacea.