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theteapot • yesterday at 7:09 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

The problem is no one else does. Github workflow is at least public and auditable. Your personal computer is not.


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pdonis • yesterday at 9:12 PM

So what? Ultimately the trust model is supposed to be there to validate that this latest blob of code is coming from the same source as the last blob of code for the same project, authenticated with the same public key. And that's all it is telling you, and all that it can tell you, whether the attestation is generated during a Github workflow or by a program running on my personal computer that you can't see. It is not telling you that this latest blob of code is safe and free from problems. It's just telling you that it comes from the same source.

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