Nah! That’s what devs want you make to think that VPN is the way! You don’t know who is behind VPN and if it spies on you
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So then we’re all doomed?
Spin up your own ! But yeah if you use a 3rd party VPN most likely you are doomed
The problem is not the implementation of Nostr, it is the IP protocol itself. It could have been designed without source address, but alas, we are stuck with it now.
You can spin up your own VPN, and then all your traffic will come from your VPN's VPS's unique IP, it won't be hidden in a crowd, like it would be with a commercial VPN. Tradeoffs, but that unique IP will get tied to you as soon as you sign into something, and then that IP is unmasked.
For nostr you can spin up your own relay, and have it download all your follows' notes. You can have that relay broadcast your notes to other relays, but those relays will see the IP you are broadcasting notes from, so if it is running at home, again your IP is leaked so you would want to run it from from a VPS or behind a VPN. Also I don't know what relays can be configured like I mentioned, out of the box.
Damn it 🤔
If you don't use a VPN, your IP will pinpoint you in your house, or your exact device if mobile. Yes there is some trust involved in using a VPN, and most VPNs I do not trust, so choose carefully.
VPNs are the honey pots. It’s just whom you let to spy on you
The only way you will get what you are looking for is to use Tor full-time. Good luck with that though because the lagginess is unbearable.
Obscura solves the VPN trust problem, if he ever actually opens it up for customers. But it is a two-hop solution, which might be more laggy
Got to host your own. #wireguard