How Secure is the Open-Source Openvpn from Arne Schwabe on Android?

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Hi,

I use an openvpn server hosted from my NAS drive to connect to it when out of my home network. I would like to use the open source version of openvpn connect rather than the official one becuase of some additional features I may find useful. Would this be less secure as I am giving another developer my openvpn certificate and passwords?

Thanks,

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It’s as secure as its code: GitHub - schwabe/ics-openvpn: OpenVPN for Android - and hopefully, Arne doesn’t do anything stupid during the build phase (inject malware into the package).

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.blinkt.openvpn was my Android client when I still used OpenVPN.

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I don’t think you are giving another developer your certificates and stuff. If his program were to do crazy shit like share your data, that would make quite the news article.

I would say it is a reliable and trustworthy program.