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If it's not open source then forget about it, it won't go anywhere. I've had that stance of all software for decades now, but in the last few years boat loads of others have caught on.
Its simple really. If the software is open source (ALL of it, servers, clients) we can all check it and all be sure it does what is advertised. If not, we have no way of knowing what you're doing, especially on the server side of things, and if we've finally collectively learned on thing, it's that we can't trust companies on the server side of things. Data WILL be used in other ways than advertised.
Since this software is supposed to be a security product, trust is paramount, and it's bot there at all. Unless this product would be open source I won't even look at it.
Thanks for the empassioned speech/statement!
Perhaps you'd be interested in one of my open source projects. It's a beefier version of the app presented in the parent post.
https://github.com/positive-intentions/chat
On the point about open source, it isn't easy to pull off. I can confirm it isn't the case that open-source be flooded with some kind of collective community review/support. It's been an option for the chat app for a while and I've tried actively promoting it, it's clear that the project is simply too complicated.
I'm a bit disappointed in how hard I tried on the open source project for it to not get the traction I wanted. To create somthing close-source and competitive in the file-transfer space is only logical at this point.
I'm sure with an enthusiastic speech like that, you're doing your part for supporting the open source community. Unfortunately I couldn't figure out how to get it to filter down to me.
Did you just send me a chatgpt reply?
No. When I type with "correct capitals", it's because I'm doing it from my phone. I otherwise generally might sound like chatgpt.