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

From "R.Wieser" <address@is.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Why does open source software include a "signing key"?
Date 2025-02-28 08:43 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <vprpg0$3infk$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
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Marion,

> So it seems that the signing key is there so *we* can tell if the file has 
> been modified and also that it was signed by the actual real developers.

(emphasis mine)  No.

Regards,
Rudy Wieser

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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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