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They help in public WiFi.
by Double_a_92 4y ago
They help in public WiFi.
- babypuncher 4y agoSo I can pay $10/mo for a VPN for use when I'm on public wifi, or I can run WireGuard on my Raspberry Pi at home and get one for free
- wbsss4412 4y agoNot sure what services you’ve looked at, but it definitely doesn’t cost $10/month. Your personal solution seems pretty good though.
- elashri 4y agoIt might be cheaper but still not free. Cost of electricity + time to maintain + Raspberry Pi itself. Not to mention that you don't get the variety of servers (for geo-location or more diverse networks not tracked to you by websites themselves).
- babypuncher 4y agoWell the Raspberry Pi is already on 24/7 running a few other services for my home network. But even then, the energy consumption per month costs pennies. I update the device once a quarter and it takes me 5 minutes. These costs are so negligible as to have no impact on my decision making process.
- wintermutestwin 4y agoUnless you are a network security expert, aren't you greatly increasing your risk by running that WireGuard server?
- babypuncher 4y agoYou do not need to be a "network security expert" to safely run a WireGuard server
- bilkow 4y agoWireGuard is pretty minimalist and has great defaults, AFAIK if you manage to set it up you're good. Unless your credentials leak, of course, but a security expert would have that same risk.
- fjfbsufhdvfy 4y agoWhy would you? Nobody can connect to it without your private key. Or is there something I am not aware of? Genuine question, as I am running wireguard in a few places and thought it was secure by default.
- zekica 4y agoModern TLS is enough to prevent others from eavesdropping everything except domain names when on public WiFi. Domain names are sent in clear text if your client supports SNI.
- doubled112 4y agoA trail of DNS names is more than enough to know what somebody is up to.
- uup 4y agoYou could use DoH, which you should do anyway. No reason to leak DNS lookups to anyone.
- jacobsenscott 4y agoPublic wifi, assuming you don't send any personal info to "sign in" to the public wifi is more anonymous than a vpn that has your name/address/etc.