RustDesk is not fully open source, there are closed source parts for it.
Currently there is no good alternative unfortunately.
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Definitely not. If it would be 100% open source, but rustdesk is not FOSS.
We investigated rustdesk for critical infrastructure and decided that it cannot be used, because some parts of it are not something you can review.
RustDesk is not 100% open source, it has closed source parts. It has installed suspicious certificates.
We investigated on using it on critical infrastructure, and decided that cannot use it because of these issues.
People saying rustdesk should realize the Chinese connection it has. I would not use it for that reason.
Hey! This is good instance, don’t judge!