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I see random websites that aren't open source saying they are "encrypted, safe", when they obviously aren't! Come on!

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[–] coriza@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

Having an open source code for the server is good for self hosting but it says nothing about the real server. You can only trust a service based on the API you use, and for privacy you better off not trusting anything, if you want privacy you need to send the data encrypted already.