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by jorge-d 2188 days ago
IMHO ProtonVPN (and Mail) are the perfect honeypots
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gzer0 2188 days ago
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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29athrowaway 2188 days ago
And how do you know if what they built is exactly what's in that source?
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gzer0 2188 days ago
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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cambalache 2188 days ago
Hehe, exactly, oldest trick in the trade
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nix23 2188 days ago
I call that bullshit until you have a single proof for that.

Everything is opensource, the data s are located in Switzerland on there own hardware. They have open communication and a yearly transparency report:

https://protonmail.com/blog/transparency-report/

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_threads 2188 days ago
How/why?
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