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IMHO ProtonVPN (and Mail) are the perfect honeypots

by jorge-d 6y ago

_threads 6y ago
How/why?
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gzer0 6y 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 https://github.com/ProtonVPN [2] https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ProtonVPN-Android-app-audit-report-2020.pdf https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Proton... [3] https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ProtonVPN-iOS-app-audit-report-2020.pdf https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Proton... [4] https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ProtonVPN-macOS-app-audit-report-2020.pdf https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Proton... [5] https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ProtonVPN-Windows-app-audit-report-2020.pdf https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Proton... [6] https://protonvpn.com/blog/open-source/ https://protonvpn.com/blog/open-source/
- 29athrowaway 6y ago
  And how do you know if what they built is exactly what's in that source?
  - cambalache 6y ago
    Hehe, exactly, oldest trick in the trade
  - gzer0 6y 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.
nix23 6y 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/ https://protonmail.com/blog/transparency-report/

IMHO ProtonVPN (and Mail) are the perfect honeypots

_threads 6y ago

How/why?

deleted 6y ago

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gzer0 6y 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 https://github.com/ProtonVPN [2] https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ProtonVPN-Android-app-audit-report-2020.pdf https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Proton... [3] https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ProtonVPN-iOS-app-audit-report-2020.pdf https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Proton... [4] https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ProtonVPN-macOS-app-audit-report-2020.pdf https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Proton... [5] https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/ProtonVPN-Windows-app-audit-report-2020.pdf https://protonvpn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Proton... [6] https://protonvpn.com/blog/open-source/ https://protonvpn.com/blog/open-source/

29athrowaway 6y ago
And how do you know if what they built is exactly what's in that source?
- cambalache 6y ago
  Hehe, exactly, oldest trick in the trade
- gzer0 6y 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.

nix23 6y 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/ https://protonmail.com/blog/transparency-report/