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Post by Havoc »

tucif wrote: post #251
sebasmurphy wrote: post #115

Just going to throw this out there for anyone who is hesitant using a vpn managed by another service. You can set up your own easily using the ansible scripts provided by trailofbits, which supports both IPSEC and wireguard. https://github.com/trailofbits/algo a small DO (Digital Ocean) instance is only $5 a month and comes with 1TB outbound bandwidth (last I checked), which ends up being cheaper than most commercial…

Or host it for free in one of Oracle's cloud 'always free' tier VMs. Disclaimer: I'm an employee

Cool. Didn't know about free oracle vm. Thanks

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Post by t-writescode »

krn wrote: post #330
t-writescode wrote: post #304

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sensible isn’t really the right word here. It’s sensible to buy a support contract. It’s charitable and good PR to give them money.

> It’s sensible to buy a support contract. It’s charitable and good PR to give them money. If the development of an open-source project significantly affects your commercial product, there is nothing charitable in supporting it: because you are the one who needs that project to survive.

Not really, it's open source. You could just start putting resources into it yourself. If you back up to a local copy, it's not like that source code is just going to disappear.

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Post by commoner »

ubercow13 wrote: post #341
dylz wrote: post #228

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Warp excludes many sites from traffic routing (like video)

Source? That seems like a huge caveat - WARP protects your privacy except for specific sites you visit that Cloudflare silently decides on?

Found it.

> Warp and Warp+ will not route traffic data from your device through the Cloudflare network for certain Internet properties, such as over-the-top content provider websites, as determined by Cloudflare in its sole discretion.

https://www.cloudflare.com/application/terms

"Over-the top content provider websites" most likely include Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-the-top_media_services

If this is the case, then Warp would not be helpful for evading speed caps for video on mobile data plans.

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Post by kabacha »

KeepingItToasty wrote: post #337
kabacha wrote: post #317

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Then what does it do? > WARP, instead, is built for the average consumer. It’s built to ensure that your data is secured while it’s in transit. So the networks between you and the applications you’re using can’t spy on you. Isn't that what ssl does already lol? What a load of sham.

SSL/TLS encrypts your traffic between you and a server but by itself doesn't prevent your ISP from snooping some information about your encrypted connection. If you aren't using Secure DNS & DNSSEC, they may be able to see and intercept your DNS queries. If you don't use TLS 1.3, they can see the SSL certificate of the website you are connecting to. If you don't encrypt your Server Name Indication (SNI), they can see…

All that to hide hostnames from your ISP? Again, what a load of sham.
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