Tailscale freaked my out, it’s like KYC your node. Apparently there’s an open source thing called Headscale. @Alby what do you think of that? I’m using my Umbrel and the hub relatively well but these things worry me and I’m not an expert in cybersecurity.
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Someone tried to tell me Headscale is proprietary but I thought Tailscale was the google proprietary and Headscale was an open source version that never really got developed (though I’ve heard some people recently got it working so maybe they’re still developing it)
Yeah see this is where it gets hard for the non-techy user. We're well into the age of mistrust. Sure I can 'verify the code' however, code may as well be in Arabic (or any other language I don't understand).
How does that work? Tailscale only sees that there are certain devices connected and not what is being sent/recieved by the device, no?
To use Tailscale you need to log into their services, preferably (for them) via g00gle. Luckily I had an old Github burner account I signed up with, otherwise I'd be KYC'ed via g00gle (instead choosing m1cr0s0ft?!).
It feels messy, I'm sure while many here try their best with privacy, the smallest misstep, that the average user may not comprehend, undoes everything.
I use it with a burner github account too.
While there's no 100% clean method, I will stiil look into headscale as an alternative. Thanks for highlighting that.
I don't know to be honest, this is where things start going over my head! Maybe I should forget having a relay until I understand what I'm doing...
