You always have similar concerns with any closed source software (or even open source you haven't audited yourself). Or am I missing a new problem that occurs with auto-updates? On Mon, Dec 21, 2015 at 3:17 PM <[1]dan@geer.org> wrote: With software auto-update in a fully personalized digital world, there is no need for back doors. Were active defense to go in the direction of diversity compilers, comparing updates would be uninformative. --dan References 1. mailto:dan@geer.org