How can users confidently verify that a FOSS application is running from its published source code? Is there a easy way to check this, or is this based of checksum and hashes?

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    61 year ago

    Fdroid is great but OPs question is even more important then, installing an installer app without knowing its legitimacy could lead to many apps being infected.

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      41 year ago

      Sure, its about who you trust in this scenario. once you introduce a compiler it becomes unprovable. So what your threat model is, and who you can trust.