Closed source for privacy

I recently learned that my company prefers closed-source tools for privacy and security.

I don’t know whether the person who said that was just confused, but I am trying to come up with reasons to opt to closed-source for privacy.

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3•5 hours ago

I never told anyone else the URL so no one will find it.

Who wants to tell them about DNS records and web crawlers?

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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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