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Take a look here: I would say they are safer now than when they were at sourceforge.

So yes as long as you download from their new home its as safe as you can be with downloads.

Is Gimp Safe Verification Make Sure

Downloads: For extra verification make sure you match the hash sums.

This explains it a lot better than I can and I really hate reinventing the wheel.

Hi, hashes are a way to make sure that the file you have downloaded is identical with the one that the author uploaded.

This can be important, for example, if your download was corrupted.

Or, in a more malicious scenario, when someone hacked the server and is modifying the files on the server.

These hashes are calculated from the file itself, the binary code defines how the final hash looks.

Open-source, btw, doesnt usually mean that just anybody can add code, it means anybody can look at the code.

But many of the major projects have quite rigurous selection criteria and checks before admitting new code into the project, especially if it is from unknown people.

In addition, if you upload new code your pseudonym is stored, so it will always be trackable who added which function and if you add something malicious once, you can be sure to not be allowed back in once it is noticed.

It may however go unnoticed for a while, if people dont see what youre doing.

To my knowledge there hasnt been a case where there was a rogue submitter, that was adding malware to such open source projects.

However there have been cases where the server got hacked and the legit file replaced by a malicious one.

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Is Gimp Safe Update Programs Regularly

If I chose to download an older version of the program (if they even have an archive section or something like that), would it pose any security risks just like using an outdated browser I understand that you should update programs regularly, but is it just as stern with photo editing software.

I would suggest reading all the change logs between versions to see if newer versions made the application more secure.

This will tell you if its performance and or functionality updates or security has been improved.

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