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Proton VPN's anti-censorship Stealth protocol finally lands on Linux
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this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2026
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Open-source enthusiasts and proprietary software? That does not sound like the happy union.
It's the author conflating "Linux" and "open source". In their statement, Proton states "Linux community" snd the author promptly writes "open source community". Knowing the difference between the two seems like a requirement to write for a tech publication, but maybe that's just my crazy opinion.
The venn diagram doesn't need to be perfectly overlapping circles. When open source is not a viable option or you need something beyond the scope of what open source offers, the next best thing is to use a product from a reputable company that has been properly audited and has not completely enshittified.
Now, whether Proton is truly that company is up for debate. The CEO has made some pretty troubling comments, but the products themselves have not devolved all that much. You can probably find better than Proton, but you can absolutely find a hell of a lot worse.
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?
Well the stealth mode is only on protonvpn, so they haven't allowed anybody else to use it either
But is the code open source or not?
The clients are but servers aren't