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I had no idea this issue had been identified. While I find this tool very useful, the project is seeming rather questionable to me now.

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[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

While this is true, it only requires the shim and grub to be copied for another distro.

From other comments there are a lot more blobs than just these two.

[–] davad@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It sounds like most, if not all, come from upstream projects.

[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Would be nice if the dev can respond and confirm that...

[–] davad@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I think they did say that in the older thread. But for proper security, you shouldn't have to trust them. You should have build tools that will re-fetch everything to create an identical build. That gives a clear chain of custody, which proves that morning has been tampered with.