[This is an excellent example of providing both an auditing means and a known reputation behind a password protection utility. Open source is one of the best ways to prove your code has no intentional backdoors. An audit from a known software security consulting firm should also be acceptable, however, software revisions are often frequent while audits are generally not and any change can introduce new bugs or backdoors. So, I prefer open source.
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