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Re:Mozilla VPN by gzer0 on Thursday June 18, 2020 @02:45PM (#23566252)
ProtonVPN provides the source code for their desktop and mobile clients in their GitHub organization [1]. Yes open source != safe; however this level of transparency is at least a step in the right direction.

They also have regularly been audited by independent organizations that are openly available for the public to see their compliance [2][3][4][5][6].

Do you have any evidence to suggest that they are honeypots?

[1] https://github.com/ProtonVPN

[2] https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Proton...

[3] https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Proton...

[4] https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Proton...

[5] https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Proton...

[6] https://protonvpn.com/blog/open-source/

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Re:Mozilla VPN by 29athrowaway on Thursday June 18, 2020 @03:00PM (#23566423)
And how do you know if what they built is exactly what's in that source?
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Re:Mozilla VPN by gzer0 on Thursday June 18, 2020 @04:50PM (#23567870)
You seem to not have read my comment. I said open source != safe or trusted.

You can download the entire repository, and self compile yourself after you inspect the code.

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Re:Mozilla VPN by cambalache on Thursday June 18, 2020 @04:10PM (#23567410)
Hehe, exactly, oldest trick in the trade
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