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by AlBugdy 65 days ago
> And if you don't trust the source, then why are you loading it to begin with??

I trust that Proton (for example) has implemented E2EE in their services. I wouldn't trust them to handle my unencrypted data - I wouldn't trust anyone for that. I don't trust that their security is perfect - no one's security is. So if they're breached, they could serve me malicious JS. I don't trust they're impervious to government pressure or blackmail. By making sure the files served to me are the same as the files served to anyone else, I can be relatively sure I'm not targeted personally. People could also review those files to make sure they're not malicious.