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Need secure internet? Just drop your API key in here. Yes, I know they link to the script, but you don't have any assurance that they're running the same script
by akerl_ 13y ago
Need secure internet? Just drop your API key in here. Yes, I know they link to the script, but you don't have any assurance that they're running the same script when you give them your creds.
Promoting the use of VPNs and secure browsing habits is awesome, and I applaud them for open sourcing the script. But asking people to trust them to do the work negates much of the benefit they're trying to provide.
- borski 13y agoWe hear you. We think that getting more people using VPNs is more important, so we made that trade-off. We built this for people who are mostly non-technical, but we wanted to provide the script such that those who are more technical are able to run this on their own. :) I get that you can make the argument that we're training people to stick their API keys in random textboxes on the internet, but we thought getting more people on a VPN was worth the risk.
- akerl_ 13y agoCan you possibly link the script more prominently, with a suggestion that folks run it themselves? I found it easily enough, but I was also browsing with the primary intention of finding out what it was you were running on the servers, not as someone looking to make a VPN.
- borski 13y agoPushing to production as we speak. :)
- jlgaddis 13y agoOne could argue that putting non-technical users in charge of a server exposed to the Internet is likely to do more harm than good.
- thatthatis 13y agoI for one would like to thank the NSA for making this service available. /s
- jlgaddis 13y agoI found it ironic that an organization called "Tinfoil Security" expected users to blindly trust them.
- dasil003 13y agoCould be a good tagline: "We stay paranoid so you don't have to be"