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The .var/app folder in the user directory contains Flatpak data, FFS only sees its own directory (I installed it as Flatpak) and all the others folders for the other apps are ignored (they are not excluded) and when mirrored against a populated .var folder all the folders excluding FFS's one are ...

When trying to read an MTP device I get an error message saying the content cannot be displayed because the folder is not local, the icon then disappears. MTP works as expected in all the other cases (file manager, etc.). OS is Debian 10.

This compromised version doesn't have a valid signature then, which will be obvious when trying to install. And there is still a "cost" to showing a bunch of checksums: It adds distracting information that 99.9% of users won't need.


I understand the signature part, if the program is already ...

The installer is digitally signed, so it includes a hash. This one is checked automatically during installation.


This doesn't prevent a MITM where the attacker serves a compromised version of the software which can be installable as a first installation in Windows, and especially on Linux where ...