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It's not "well-known"- because your links don't say what you're claiming they do, and this is a conspiracy theory that's been shut down on here a thousand times
by wswope 3y ago
It's not "well-known"- because your links don't say what you're claiming they do, and this is a conspiracy theory that's been shut down on here a thousand times before.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22532682 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22532682
NordVPN used residential proxies at one point to enable access to Disney+ and other streaming services; that's a world apart from hijacking end-user connections.
They've got an open source client. Where's the code that's turning end users into endpoints?
https://github.com/NordSecurity/nordvpn-linux https://github.com/NordSecurity/nordvpn-linux
- internetter 3y ago> NordVPN used residential proxies at one point to enable access to Disney+ and other streaming services I'm sorry but that's incredibly sketchy
- jug 3y agoIt really is of course, but I can honestly see them resort to this only to be able to offer a competitive edge because when it all comes around, this stuff is what many use VPN for rather than privacy. As streaming sites keep clamping down on VPN providers, the low hanging fruits of dodging via mere national IP addresses are blacklisted by them and these providers need to go even further to fool them and compete. But yes, it's also sketchy with the other implications and all, and not the least what kind of traffic that people want to hide that you're unknowingly a proxy to!
- Phemist 3y agohttps://github.com/NordSecurity/nordvpn-linux/tree/main/meshnet/exitnode https://github.com/NordSecurity/nordvpn-linux/tree/main/mesh... The standard linux vpn client clearly has some exitnode capabilities.
- KomoD 3y agoThat's for Meshnet: https://nordvpn.com/meshnet/ https://nordvpn.com/meshnet/
- internetter 3y agoOh interesting. Is that tailscale but worse?
- bsenftner 3y agoInteresting as related to tailscale? Please tell me your insight. Legitimately interested.
- sim7c00 3y agoi think users in a vpn dont expect other users traffic being redirected over their systems, even if its just to enable access to some streaming services... or are residential proxies systems in residential ranges that are used as proxies, but actually part of nord vpn infra, rather than its users?? (sorry i dont wanna read all the code, and am a bit confused)
- wswope 3y agoIt's the latter case; Nord used a third-party residential proxy service that they sent traffic through, but there's no serious evidence that they used their own users as proxy nodes or endpoints.