No...it's not "shiny"....and it's not "proprietary vs. open source".........
@Hans_1
Link: https://www.businessinsider.com/solarwinds-hack-explained-government-agencies-cyber-security-2020-12?r=US&IR=T
Link: https://www.npr.org/2021/04/16/985439655/a-worst-nightmare-cyberattack-the-untold-story-of-the-solarwinds-hack?t=1640825606542
Link: https://www.infoworld.com/article/2608141/snowden--the-nsa-planted-backdoors-in-cisco-products.html
No...it's not "shiny"....and it's not "proprietary vs. open source".........it's actually quite simple....."Who do you trust?"
How about NOBODY!
How about doing YOUR OWN ENCRYPTION (both for static data and for all data in transit)? Yup....no third party software......do it yourself! Buy a copy of Bruce Schnieir's book "Applied Cryptography".......fire up your C compiler.......and just get started! Read up on Diffie/Helman. Oh...and stay away from all that public key stuff.....stay away from the "end-to-end encryption" claims....it's all been hacked already by the folk in Fort Meade.
That way, the hackers (when they eventually get in....and they will)....the hackers will have your own private encryption to worry about!....maybe they will just move on to an easier target!
Here's a message -- triple encrypted in an unpublished private cipher -- as an example of what can be done.
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