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submitted 1 month ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/linux@programming.dev

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[–] refalo@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

To me, any binary I do not have the source code for is random. I have no idea what's in it and it could be doing any number of malicious things.

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes, but as it's the official binary of your VPN provider, you're going to need to trust them anyways when using their servers.