XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: toylet.toylet@gmail.com   
      
   On 2/4/2026 7:01 AM, The Doctor wrote:   
   > In article <10lt966$1ksvt$1@toylet.eternal-september.org>,   
   > Mr. Man-wai Chang  wrote:   
   >> On 2/3/2026 10:16 PM, The Doctor wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> Think SETI might be spyware.   
   >> You need the source codes and compilers to prove or disprove this.   
   >> Compile the source codes into binary executables, then compare them   
   >> against the ones distributed to users. Your binaries and their binaries   
   >> should be EXACTLY the same, taken into account versions.   
   >>   
   >> Remember: users can only download the compiled source codes, aka the   
   >> binary executables. :)   
   >   
   > Reverse engineering would be in order.   
   That'll be an indirect proof!   
      
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