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xenophonf on Nov 3, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Signal for Android: RedPhone and TextSecure in one...

  compile the APK and see if it matches

Are deterministic builds possible with the Android toolchain?

finnn on Nov 3, 2015 | [–]

F-Droid is working on this:

https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/Deterministic,_Reproducible_Bu...

archivator on Nov 3, 2015 | [–]

Last I looked, no, but the immediate cause of nondeterminism I saw was the zip entry timestamps in the apk. I didn't bother looking further down the chain.

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