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  • To expand, you don’t want your service provider to open source all of their configs. Audits like the one Proton went through require admin access to systems that you absolutely don’t want the public to have.

    This is just like Lemmy. The actual code is open sourced. But instance configs aren’t (for good reason)

    Proton isn’t a developer when it comes to their VPN service. They most likely are utilizing open source solutions to run it, but they’re not operating a code base for it.

    Their clients are open source, though.

    And I’m saying this as a cyber security expert who uses Proton for personal use.