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by abathur 2214 days ago
There's no way to obtain and execute source code that you didn't write and hand-compile for which this risk doesn't exist. (And it applies in its own sense to books, paintings, phone calls from mom, letters from an old mentor, DVDs, rental cars, ...)
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Download, verify keys and signatures. You could run a checksum or even read the code yourself depending on how paranoid you are. Otherwise, you're just hoping mycrimepics.net/dontsnitch wasn't subpoenaed between your last visit and now.