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by throwaway7767 4116 days ago
David Wheelers work is very interesting, but it does not solve all the fundamental trust issues in computing.

It allows us to check if our compilers, linkers etc are maliciously modifying the programs being handled in a way not represented by their source code. It does not help us to determine if the firmware or CPU microcode, for example, have backdoors.