Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)
Unnecessary and deeply concerning bow to the new "king"
Update: position got backed up by an official Proton post on Mastodon, it's an official Proton statement now. https://mastodon.social/@protonprivacy/113833073219145503
Update 2, plot-twist: they removed this response from Mastodon - seems they realize it exploded into their face!
Self hosting is better these days.
How exactly does one self host a worldwide network of proxy servers?
Very carefully
https://it-notes.dragas.net/2023/09/23/make-your-own-vpn-freebsd-wireguard-ipv6-and-ad-blocking-included/
But does this only create one node, or does it create dozens of them in each country?
Because I use a VPN so I can have anonymous exit nodes in whatever country I want. Happy to be corrected, but I don't think that's self-hostable.
You could spin up instances of cloud servers just for the time of your connection, but that would be slower to set up and probably more expensive (depends how much time you spend on the vpn).
You can get a lot of really cheap vps boxes around the world (~$1/mo). You could manage them all with something like ansible.
Get one in each continent and you're paying about the same you would be for a vpn provide plus whatever time you invest into it.
check out https://serverhunter.com/
My main self hosting point was for email. :)