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[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

What is a proprietary protocol? Is that like mpeg where everyone knows how to implement it but you have to pay them to use it?

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well the stealth mode is only on protonvpn, so they haven't allowed anybody else to use it either

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

But is the code open source or not?

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

The clients are but servers aren't