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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

It's all in place unless ISPs start censoring and banning VPNs. Search is a huge weakness though that bothers me and doesn't seem to get enough of the right attention.

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Do you know much about creating VPNs?

IMO we should create our own. It need not be SaidIt exclusive.

IMO we need to start doing all the things for ourselves.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

yeah, running a VPN with linux is no sweat. you just need a $5/mo server somewhere. there's a strong argument that this defeats the purpose of a VPN, if you are the only ip using it. But it has its uses. A free for friends VPN would be cool and cheap.

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

VPNs are all centralized?!?! What if servers could share VPN running? We get everyone and their friends to co-host, and obviously have a way to detect and eject problems. My idle laptop could help.

I have a bunch of other ideas too but I'd need to sober up. I can't type for shit.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

VPNs are all centralized?!?!

Yeah basically. If you're not mixing your traffic with others' traffic, then you're not really hiding your traffic. I'm kinda meh on the whole thing, I have a right to say Fuck the Feds, they can note me down now those motherfuckers.

[–]JasonCarswellMental Orgy 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I have yet to use a VPN, other than TOR years ago. I couldn't afford it if I wanted to. I also didn't want to slow down my limited connection. The more I found out the less it seems like a good idea. And the more I find out the more many seem like a scam/hustle/tracker. Still, every once in a while I reconsider it.

Almost seems like the VPN wheel needs to be reinvented, decentralized, and with distinctions (ie. size/type of files, so limited-bandwidth folks may participate too, within their limits).