For a web service, open sourcing the code means very little for ensuring that their service is as privacy oriented as they claim because it’s impossible to prove that what they have in the open source project is actually what they’re running on their own servers. They could also easily be using undisclosed extensions to the base open source site for collecting data and it’s impossible to prove they’re not doing it.
I’m responding to their statement that “the purpose of keeping the code open-source is to be transparent with the community about how we collect and process data”, so I don’t see how I’m missing the point. They even say that they don’t have support for easy self-hosting.
Then I misunderstood you, I’m sorry.
It still is MIT licensed though, so anyone could fork it or help them make is easier to self host. In the meantime maybe this helps.
For a web service, open sourcing the code means very little for ensuring that their service is as privacy oriented as they claim because it’s impossible to prove that what they have in the open source project is actually what they’re running on their own servers. They could also easily be using undisclosed extensions to the base open source site for collecting data and it’s impossible to prove they’re not doing it.
Then go host it yourself if you don’t trust them? Nobody is stoping you. 🤷
Also: Your statement is 100% correct but misses the entire point
I’m responding to their statement that “the purpose of keeping the code open-source is to be transparent with the community about how we collect and process data”, so I don’t see how I’m missing the point. They even say that they don’t have support for easy self-hosting.
Then I misunderstood you, I’m sorry. It still is MIT licensed though, so anyone could fork it or help them make is easier to self host. In the meantime maybe this helps.