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Maybe the open source apps could be lying about their source code? For an example, put a version without trackers while the one they use have trackers?

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[-] CoyoteFacts@lemmy.ca 14 points 4 months ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproducible_builds

e.g. https://f-droid.org/docs/Reproducible_Builds/ for F-droid's efforts on it. Debian, Arch Linux, and other popular linux distros also have their own efforts ongoing

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