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Given that I have an "acceptable" source code of some program (Tor was mentioned in a previous version of this question), where "acceptable" means that I trust this source code and want to use it for my needs; is there a possibility, that if I use pre-complied binaries (someone else's compilation), that I will get an "unacceptable" binary that contains different code than the "acceptable" source code I saw (e.g. backdoored binary)?

Given that I have an "acceptable" source code of some program, where "acceptable" means that I trust this source code and want to use it for my needs; is there a possibility, that if I use pre-complied binaries (someone else's compilation), that I will get an "unacceptable" binary that contains different code than the "acceptable" source code I saw (e.g. backdoored binary)?

Given that I have an "acceptable" source code of some program (Tor was mentioned in a previous version of this question), where "acceptable" means that I trust this source code and want to use it for my needs; is there a possibility, that if I use pre-complied binaries (someone else's compilation), that I will get an "unacceptable" binary that contains different code than the "acceptable" source code I saw (e.g. backdoored binary)?

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Can Tor pre-builtcompiled binaries be different than if someone builds from source himself?

IsGiven that I have an "acceptable" source code of some program, where "acceptable" means that I trust this source code and want to use it for my needs; is there a possibility (and how likely is it), that theif I use pre-builtcomplied binaries of Tor that most of us use are backdoored or altered in some way(someone else's compilation), unlikethat I will get an "unacceptable" binary that contains different code than the "acceptable" source code I saw (e.g. backdoored binary)?

Can Tor pre-built binaries be different than if someone builds from source?

Is there a possibility (and how likely is it) that the pre-built binaries of Tor that most of us use are backdoored or altered in some way, unlike the source code?

Can pre-compiled binaries be different than if someone builds from source himself?

Given that I have an "acceptable" source code of some program, where "acceptable" means that I trust this source code and want to use it for my needs; is there a possibility, that if I use pre-complied binaries (someone else's compilation), that I will get an "unacceptable" binary that contains different code than the "acceptable" source code I saw (e.g. backdoored binary)?

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Is there a possibility (and how likely is it) that the pre-built binaries of Tor that most of us use are backdoored or altered in some way, unlike the source code?

Tor is a US Government project to serve the government. Users of Tor are also benefiting mutually, but their existence and use of Tor is essential to actually make the existence of the government secure. Their informants and agents can't be anonymous if they're the only ones on Tor. So everything here is in favor of the US government but we, users, are also benefiting as collateral. Of course, the US government may have underestimated the power of people with Tor. But that's not the subject here.

Is there a possibility (and how likely is it) that the pre-built binaries of Tor that most of us use are backdoored or altered in some way, unlike the source code?

Tor is a US Government project to serve the government. Users of Tor are also benefiting mutually, but their existence and use of Tor is essential to actually make the existence of the government secure. Their informants and agents can't be anonymous if they're the only ones on Tor. So everything here is in favor of the US government but we, users, are also benefiting as collateral. Of course, the US government may have underestimated the power of people with Tor. But that's not the subject here.

Is there a possibility (and how likely is it) that the pre-built binaries of Tor that most of us use are backdoored or altered in some way, unlike the source code?

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