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The only truly-trustable option is basically F-Droid's reproducible builds (or similar) with source code availability: https://f-droid.org/docs/Reproducible_Bu
by benoau 2mo ago
The only truly-trustable option is basically F-Droid's reproducible builds (or similar) with source code availability:
https://f-droid.org/docs/Reproducible_Builds/ https://f-droid.org/docs/Reproducible_Builds/
Eg this app: https://verification.f-droid.org/packages/com.inspiredandroid.kai/ https://verification.f-droid.org/packages/com.inspiredandroi...
and its source code: https://github.com/SimonSchubert/Kai/tree/main https://github.com/SimonSchubert/Kai/tree/main
You can verify yourself what it is doing, and what was built is guaranteed not to be tampered with.
AFAIK there isn't any evidence that isn't variations of "trust me bro" for the Play Store and App Store.
- Brandon-Coll 2mo agoso if an app is not open-source, it's credibility as secure, private or encrypted becomes questionable? and if an app has code open, that's mean it is absolutely trustworthy? what is your take on this?
- benoau 2mo agoThe reproducible build process is also a critical component, not just source code access, because what you download from the marketplace could be different to the source. All boils down to trust "but verify", these are the ingredients that let you verify the claims.
- Brandon-Coll 2mo agowell put. I'd add third-party audits to thelist. independent security audits together create a much stronger trust model but regular and different for respective analysis