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Should I build LineageOS myself? (upload.wikimedia.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by FarLine99@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
 

I understand that probably there is little interest if you are a device ROM maintainer to embed a backdoor into it. But it's still possible. Lineage has a fairly simple and open build process. Should I do it on my own? Or should I trust the maintainers and not bother? What are your thoughts?

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[โ€“] SmoothSurfer@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Auditing the code may seem as a problem but such a big project is already been auditing by many developers worldwide which means it is highly unlikely they all are sus

[โ€“] FarLine99@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We are talking about maintainer's backdoor in build, not in original code ๐Ÿ™‚

[โ€“] SmoothSurfer@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

even if you compiled the code yourself, unless you can audit code yourself you still have to just trust the developers

That is what I was referring to. What I was saying is even if you cant audit the source code you still have reasons to trust the code

[โ€“] FarLine99@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I have many reasons to trust the code. Definetly. If it is in build and nothing else then we are good!