their website looks kinda sketchy like the ones with virus and the alternative.to page of them has lots of upvotes despite me never hearing about the vpn
What feature of Psiphon do you actually need? I only trust selfhosted VPNs(where I own the servers).
I normally uses wireguard, but if wireguard is blocked my go to alternative is v2fly. Why? Because it’s a proxy protocol that is created specially for circumventing China great firewall(it does so by imitating an https connection). If it were malicious, a lot of people in China would be fucked. And it fits the usecase written on Psiphon webpage
Where other VPNs can’t connect, Psiphon will find a way.
this is one of the ultimate ironies of Open Source to me. You can go look at the code… but very few people have the time, energy or knowledge how to do so
so at the end of the day most people resort to social metrics like how the marketing site looks and votes on 3rd party social media
I mean, im of the mind that i dont really trust any vpn i havent set up myself, cuz its really easy to lie about things like keeping logs, etc. Them being open source is a sign of good faith, but personally id just self host one, specifically for privacy reasons. Also setting up a vpn isnt that hard, vultr actually has a one click setup for openvpn, and the cloud options are decently priced i think.
I know I’m a few months late, but,
I have used psiphon for years, it has been around since 2006 and is a fairly popular proxy it’s a little outdated, but still works pretty well for it’s intended purpose of getting around blocked websites and services, in countries with geo locks, or on networks run by schools or businesses that don’t want you on social media or playing games
However it was never intended as a privacy measure or to be used as a full blown vpn, it’s not designed for it, and I think they sell some non specific user data, but could have misunderstood the privacy policy
Here’s a good article on them
i would try to setup a server but its too complicated, do i need specific hardware for that?
Well you are kind of right. Though nobody in the open source says it’s all safe. It’s just a better way for consumers. As ethical hackers and other coders will read your code. I can think of at least 6 coding books I read a long time a go that said your code should always be readable as it will be read many times over then written. As I’ve gotten better at programming I cannot understate how true this is.
I mean yes and no, just because most people don’t doesnt mean everyone doesnt. and the type of people who do tend to look through source code also tend to be the ones who are hyper vigilant about anything they see thats sus. And it only takes one or two people to care and alert others for things to spread, forks to be made, etc.
The article on vpnhelpers you refer to is fake!
That website’s only objective is to covert advertising for NordVPN and associated products.
No specific hardware. Just a fast enough internet and a public ip.
I host mine on a VPS. even though yeah. The VPS can still monitor my data. They have a lower likelihood of selling my data because it’s IaaS rather than SaaS. They would hurt their reputation in doing so.
What’s LaaS as opposed to SaaS?
IaaS not LaaS
IaaS = Infrastructure as a Service.
SaaS = Software as a Service
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