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There would be no assurance that the binary is compiled from the source though.




Do we really need to keep posting this link anytime someone says something that has anything to do with building something from source?


Sure, I guess. But if you don't trust your own system, it doesn't really matter whether you use their code or not. That said, "Reflections on Trusting Trust" is mentioned far too often, without people fully understanding the fact that it would be incredibly difficult, if not impossible to pull something like that off.




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