> When a package in the npm registry has established provenance, it does not gua...

		billywhizz 62 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: NPM debug and chalk packages compromised > When a package in the npm registry has established provenance, it does not guarantee the package has no malicious code. Instead, npm provenance provides a verifiable link to the package's source code and build instructions, which developers can then audit and determine whether to trust it or not

It prevents the npm publish from locally modified source code.