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Sorry Google, I can't really trust you anymore.
Open source + p2p. Why wouldn't you trust it?
The old repo (https://github.com/UWNetworksLab/uproxy-common) mentions the new repo, which is hidden / not available.
So, not yet open source. So, still closed source, for now.
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.. So don't use it on hangouts and run it on Firefox. Scan the source for any "call home code."
This isn't about me. I already use a different VPN. I don't use Hangouts or Google+. Those rare Google services I do use, I use sparingly. My point was the average Internet Joe or Jane needs to look beyond "free" services and be willing to spend some money buying better alternatives. One of the reasons we're all so compromised on the Internet today is our collective blindness towards the hidden "costs" of free servic…
But if a user is both unable to assess the security of the system them self, and unwilling to trust another's analysis, the funding model is irrelevant. Source is the gold standard, IMHO, even if that's still not terribly helpful.
This sounds good. But how is it better than just installing Tor?
"just"? Man, normal people can't install Tor. It is not that it is difficult for them, it is impossible. Also, this solves a problem slighlty different from what Tor solves, in my opinion.
Now I want to write a Tor compatible client that 'just works'. Just one static binary that implements the proxy. It embeds a static firefox binary and a prepared profile, which gets extracted into a visible location so the user can delete it if desired.
Basically minimize its dependence on the environment as much as possible.
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And your "friend" on the other end would also need to be running it on Chromium from trusted source.
Don't proxy it through friends who don't use software audited and compiled by you/people-you-trust then.