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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Can anyone point to the source code please? They claim it is "privacy friendly", so it cannot be proprietary, right? right? right?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Your comment got me curious so I had a look.

From their FAQ:

Will Magic Earth be Open Source?

No; since it is also used commercially (we have a paid Magic Earth SDK for business partners), we cannot make the code public.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Oh ok so there is no way to independently verify its privacy or security. Doesn't belong in this community then IMO.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Atleast its based in the EU, but yeah hard to tell what the black box does

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