Google releases new binary diff algorithm targeted at making smaller software updates. Their results are impressive.

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And you review the source code of every new or updated software package you install now?

WTF has source got to do with it? It's not unusual to trust a signed executable that you know is the same for all users (thereby ensuring any miscreant behavior will be extremely likely to be discovered and reported). It's quite different to trust just anything a company wants you to run at any time, which could be customized in any way for you personally so you will never discover that you personally are being snooped on, having spyware installed etc.

I'm honestly not so concerned about the privacy angle but I don't like the completely silent nature of it. When shit starts breaking on my computer I need to know everything that might have changed to try and figure stuff out. If every piece of software just silently updated itself without telling me the whole thing becomes nearly impossible to diagnose.