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Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"?

From Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"?
Date 2025-03-07 14:37 +0100
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R.Wieser, 2025-03-07 09:50:

> Arno,
> 
>> Not really. The signatures can not be verified since there is no CA for 
>> it.
> 
> *Again*, that is where F-Droid comes in needing to check who created that 
> self-signed cert, effectivily making F-Droid the CA - even though they do 
> not(?) give out certs.

But F-Droid has no proof who the person is, where they get the sources
from. Even GitHub does not know - they just have an account connected to
a repository but there is no *proof* who that person is who created that
account in the first place.



-- 
Arno Welzel
https://arnowelzel.de

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Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-26 21:36 +0000
  Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-26 21:44 +0000
    Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-26 22:36 +0000
  Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-02-28 08:43 +0100
    Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-28 19:30 +0000
      Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-28 19:46 +0000
        Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-02-28 21:42 +0100
  Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-02-28 09:01 +0100
    Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-28 19:19 +0000
      Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-03-01 10:00 +0100
        Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-03-01 09:54 +0000
          Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-03-01 10:12 +0000
            Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-03-01 10:27 +0000
            Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-01 11:44 +0100
        Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-01 11:36 +0100
          Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-03-01 14:22 +0100
            Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-01 15:40 +0100
              Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-03-06 11:30 +0100
                Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-06 12:29 +0100
                Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-03-07 09:01 +0100
                Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-07 09:50 +0100
                Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2025-03-07 14:37 +0100
                Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"? "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid> - 2025-03-07 14:58 +0100

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