Post #3448554
2026-06-28 10:01 UTC
I see everyone looking for VPN services to move to, after yet another for-profit leadership turns out to be fascist*.
Meanwhile, actors in the cyberdomain, as well as AI grifters, have figured out how to do this: operational relay box networks or ORBs.
Basically, VPN-by-botnet.
This gave me an idea.
Instead of spending money on another VPN company, I’d rather spend money on voluntarily adding nodes to a have a federated anonymising VPN.
Yes, obviously I mean spending my money to set up TOR nodes. Duh!
So, does anyone know of a non-profit I could donate money to, to have them spin up and maintain Tor nodes?
*) capitalism is a gateway drug to fascism, and techbros are especially vulnerable.
#MULLvad #MullvadVPN #Proton #Tor #Onion
Replies (2)
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@13reak@infosec.exchange 2026-06-28 12:50
@avuko@infosec.exchange Problem with TOR is that the US authorities see it as fair game to attack anyone on TOR "cause it's just used by criminals". Plus, it is not trivial to use. E.g. by default it covers TCP. UDP etc. packages are not automatically routed through it. So one small unintentional mistake (or an intentionally injected JavaScript?) de-anonymizes you. It's possible to use it safely, yes, but it's not that easy. PS: I am speaking from experience. I already got the real IP of an attacker using TOR to attack a customer. Also, once one of our pentesters was identified early due to a small TOR mistake.
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@TheOneDoc@tech.lgbt 2026-06-28 20:34
@avuko@infosec.exchange give https://help.riseup.net/en a look