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Re:A privacy VPN you can verify by junon on Friday August 15, 2025 @10:09PM (#44919502)
Depends on your threat model. You cannot, under any circumstance, prove (mathematically) that a peer is the only controller of a private key.

Again, I would love to know if I'm wrong.

The fact that no publicly disclosed threat actor has been identified says nothing.

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Re:A privacy VPN you can verify by doublerebel on Saturday August 16, 2025 @02:57AM (#44920915)
Proving a negative that information has not been shared has been a challenge from the beginning of information.

Are you suggesting a solution for this situation?

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Re:A privacy VPN you can verify by pydry on Saturday August 16, 2025 @11:49AM (#44924490)
In this case it's rather like trusting that a government issued private key has not been stored by the government for further use.
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