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What about one which was run sorta like Tarsnap?
by Quequau 7y ago
What about one which was run sorta like Tarsnap?
- tastroder 7y agoHonestly not really familiar with that but from overview graphics it looks like if you wanted to adapt that to live connections you'd end up with something similar to Tor, right? That is nice of course but comes with its own drawbacks (a few that spring to mind are performance, potentially malicious exit nodes, inconvenience).
- Quequau 7y agoSorry no. I should have been more clear. I'm suggesting that the way Tarsnap organises its billing might be a good way for customers who buy VPNs to be sure that their browsing info is not actually the product the company offering the VPN is selling.
- dewey 7y agoIsn’t that just a normal business then? You pay something, you get something.
- Quequau 7y agoOne would wish but alas a common mode of business is that people who consider themselves users sign up to use some service which is presented to them as being free, when all the while that company's actual business model is monetising those users' info and habits in every conceivable way and the 'service' is just the bait to get people on the hook.
- tastroder 7y agoI've looked at their website, thanks for the pointer, I think I'll have to give them a go for my personal backups now :) As for the application to VPN, I can't see much of a difference to other trustworthy businesses to be honest, I think I missed something there - are you referring to the prepaid aspect?
- Quequau 7y agoTarsnap is extremely up about what they're doing, how much it costs to use their service, and how it works. What they are not doing is offering the service for free or some flat rate and then finding non-obvious exploitative ways to monetise their user base. Tarsnap is just a boring utility that you pay for what you use. VPNs should be like that.