AnIDFB@lemm.ee to Sync for Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoLJ, what do you think of this warning on join-lemmy.org?lemm.eeimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageLJ, what do you think of this warning on join-lemmy.org?lemm.eeAnIDFB@lemm.ee to Sync for Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI find warnings like this rather amusing, because unless you compiled it yourself, even an open source application could secretly have malicious data-harvesting code added to it.
minus-squareTier 1 Build-A-Bear 🧸@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIsn’t the point of open source that you can check the code for yourself though? Can’t do that with closed source
minus-squareGenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoF-Droid has verified and reproducible builds. On the Play Store or iOS App Store, though, anything goes.
I find warnings like this rather amusing, because unless you compiled it yourself, even an open source application could secretly have malicious data-harvesting code added to it.
Isn’t the point of open source that you can check the code for yourself though? Can’t do that with closed source
F-Droid has verified and reproducible builds.
On the Play Store or iOS App Store, though, anything goes.