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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I never trusted it because I thought it was completely proprietary. Well now I know it basically is.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 2 days ago

Yep, some people these are saying just 7 of the 150 binaries don't have source or build info. Yeah, one binary is enough to do all the evil in the world, not that other binaries support reproducible builds anyway.