Post #3447977 · Elektrine

2026-06-28 11:47 UTC

@jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net @mullvadnet@mastodon.online @rysiek@mstdn.social okok so is there a coop that makes its own vpn? Would it possible to start one, so that no ceo inevitably starts trying on brown shirts? Surely its doable, no ? Im a frontend, can contribute..ugh...the least meaningful part, i guess :p. On the other hand, maybe it is a tytanic task, if it requires not one but two ceos, inefficient and unstreamlined and optimisation-ready as it sounds. Makes me think of sparta; guess running a vpn service is like running a country

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@fasnix@fe.disroot.org 2026-06-28 11:59

@Aethel@mastodon.social What about "RiseUp VPN" (France, I guess)? @jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net @rysiek@mstdn.social

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@jernej__s@infosec.exchange 2026-06-28 12:16

RE: https://defcon.social/@thedarktangent/116823843127887175 @Aethel@mastodon.social @jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net @rysiek@mstdn.social Here's a thread why setting up a VPN and e-mail provider is hard:

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@d1@autistics.life 2026-06-28 12:45

@Aethel@mastodon.social @jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net @mullvadnet@mastodon.online @rysiek@mstdn.social I for one use #PiVPN a lot, but I also have #Debian and #Linux administration skills, and run these on my own VPS'. PiVPN (and #Wireguard) is software, is not a business per se. I subscribe to a VPN service which I provide to myself. Serious geek skills allow for this. **The point being: If people want to divorce and indemnify themselves from underlying politics of any provider, this is how at least one "middleman" is eliminated, IMHO.** If one feels like one can't trust any VPN provider, then at the end of the day, one needs to learn more #SelfHosting skills. There needs to be some trust, somewhere.

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