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Not at all, mental outlaw has a video why proton is a honeypot
And yeah, you can't really trust anything not self hosted by you
And you can't even trust that - good luck finding hardware with open source schematic that is not ancient.
All processors have built-in spyware (Management Engine etc.), and that's not going to change, since there are only a few highly sophisticated factories in the world that can make them, and the factions controlling those have no interest in producing consumer grade spyware free hardware. Modern processors have become essential for weaponry and warfare, so this is not going to change, only get worse.