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Proton Pass open source password manager is now available on F-Droid (proton.me)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

if the client is e2ee and you can control that, then why is the server relevant?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Because non-obvious backdoors can be added to the client that break or circumvent encryption (looking at you, xz), stealing all of your passwords, and no one will be able to raise the alarm just by looking at the server code.

Open-source backend allows to generally avoid this situation, while also potentially rendering you able to self-host if you're paranoid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

and you can control that

Sorry, I meant "assuming one has complete control over the client source" where the remote cannot just change it on you.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I mean they can make a sneaky update to the client that introduces such changes.

Sure, if you won't update your client, this won't affect you, but would potentially open you up to other security vulnerabilities.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This was a real concern with MEGA back in the day (after Kim said you should no longer trust them) and a big reason why I prefer to use standalone client apps that I can control the source of.